WITH THE RENOWN
EVENTS OF THE DAY. SETTLING DOWN TO THE VOYAGE. H.M.S. RENOWN, Wednesday, Midnight. (Received Jan. 13, at 7.20 p.m.) With the Canaries well astern life aboard the Renown dropped quickly into the usual channels of a long voyage. All deck sports were organised before Teneriffe faded from view. The Duke and Duchess of York and suite attendee? a Idnema show in the evening, and during a temporary breakdown of the machine they listened to the audience singing chanties; and after that the Duke, who has a machine of his own, helped the operators to disaover defects. To-day their Highnesses made a thorough tour uf the engine,boiler, and furnace rooms, exploring every part characteristic of the new oil-fired Navy. The Duchess did not require to don overalls, the Renown’s! engine room staff boasting that it was unnecessary to wear anything over ■ the ordinary clothes, everything being , spotless, as; it was. Their Royal Highnesses received a cablegram from Mr Bruce conveying Australia’s best wishes for an enjoyable cruise, and promising a warm welcome to Australia. The Duke of York suitably replied. .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19997, 14 January 1927, Page 9
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182WITH THE RENOWN Otago Daily Times, Issue 19997, 14 January 1927, Page 9
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