AMERICAN FLEET
STILL IN TOUCH CHRISTMAS GBEETINGS When the American Fleet visited New Zealand in August, 11)25, Hr. H. P. Bridge, Consular Agent for the Unitad Statos, supplied it with frotih food wliile the vessels wero berthed at Lyttelton. The eammander oi this fleet was Rear-Admiral Frank H. Schofield, and he has never fovgotten Mr. Bridge's serviees . Eaeh year since then Mv. Bridge has reet-ivod a letter or a eard about Christraas timo, but this year' reinenbvanoe was espeeially interesting. It read: "Frora the commander-in-chief oi the United State fleet and his omcers and men, wishing you a happy. Ciirktiuas and a prosperous New Year." A eard was enclosed bearing the inscription, "Frank H. Schofield, admiral, Unitad States fleet." ■
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19320121.2.43
Bibliographic details
Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 January 1932, Page 6
Word Count
119AMERICAN FLEET Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 January 1932, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in