AUSTRALIAN FLEET
(Press Assn.-
visitors most popular with auckland people
— By Telegraph — Copyright).
Auckland, Wednesday. The visit to Auckland of the Australian cruisers Australia and Caiiberra, whose officers and men have been among the most popular n'aval visitors Auckland ever had, ended this morning, when the ships sailed for the Hauraki Gulf. Several thousand people lined the wharves to watch the departtire at 9 o'plock, and the flagship's band played "Auld Lang Syne." The New Zealand cruisers, the Dunedin and Diomede, had sailed earlier, the latter taking a battle practice target with her for use in three days of gunnery exercises, in which the four ships, the New Zealand seaplan'e and Australian flying boats will take part.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 630, 7 September 1933, Page 5
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117AUSTRALIAN FLEET Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 630, 7 September 1933, Page 5
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