H.M.S. New Zealand.
A special train of nine cars from Kahvaka, which conveyed school children between that place and Hel~ ensville to Auckland on a visit to lI.M S New Zealand, passed through on Monday with a large contingent of school children aboard. The He!ensville. Te Pua, "Woodhill and Muriwai Schools travel by special train on Thursday morning, which is timed to leave Helensvilte at 7.30 a.m. About 150 children from tho Wairoa Schools will also board the train at Helensville. The special is expected back at Helensville sbout 5.20 p.m. Up to Monday evening more than fifty thousand visitors, including the school children, had been aboard the battleship in tha Auckland harbour, About eleven thousand school children paid their visit on 'Monday, which proved to be highly educational. The number of visitors to the battleship sinca her arrival in Auckland up to last evening was 71,209.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 May 1913, Page 2
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147H.M.S. New Zealand. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 May 1913, Page 2
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