AUSTRALIAN NAVY
SQUADRON’S VISIT TO N.Z, WATERS MOCK BATTLE ARRANGED. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) AUCKLAND, June 14. Further provision®,! arrangements have been made for combined naval exercises to be carried out in New Zealand waters by two cruisers front the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy and ships from the Royal Australian Navy. It is hoped the At istralia n cruisers, Canberra and Australia;, probably accompanied by the destroyer Tattoo, will arrive off the North Cape towards the end of August. They are expected to' remain in New Zealand waters until the end oi September. The Dunedin, the flagship of Commodore Burges-Watson,., leaves to-mor-row o n an annual Island cruise, and wiVl .return on August 15th. By this time the Diomede, which is undergoing fo-fit at the Devonpoxt naval base, will’ probably be' recommissioned, and the two cruisers’ will' meet the Australian ships off the,.-North Cape. A. mock battle is -tcT be held. AH ships will then probably put into Russell, and a regatta and. other competitions between ships will be held. The warships are then expected t 0 proceed to Auckland. , . mil ill 11 I
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1933, Page 2
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