"The White City": Scenes in and around Oamaru."
(Photos by It. S. Macdonald.)
The old back powder is still u c ei for fi ing salutes, hencs the feathery clords of white =moke. The =hips are dressed rainbo v fashion with flags, the modern equivalen of t?e decoration of the ships' sides b/ the shield, or pavois, of the knights on bcara In the French Navy the term, en grand pavois, is used to denote the dressing of a ship with flags — From the Sphere.
This photograph shows two torpedo boats in full war trim, and some submarines lying in the Thames near St. Paul's Cathedral. They formed a part of the striking Naval Pageant provided to enab'e millions of people in London to see the various units of the British Navy. — Photo, by Halftones.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 43
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135"The White City": Scenes in and around Oamaru." Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 43
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