H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 84, 16 April 1913, Page 5

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

WELLINGTON’S HOSPITALITY. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, April 15. H.M.S. New Zealand this evening presented a line spectacle, the hull, masts, etc., being effectively outlined with electric lights, which reflected on the still surface of the water and .made up a pretty picture that attracted much attention from the shore. During the afternoon the warship was visited by large numbers of people. To-night the officers are being entertained at a citizens’ ball in the Town Hall, which is lavishly decorated for the occasion] and the function is one of the most brilliant ever held in Wellington. To-morrow the crew will be the guests of the city at lunch, and in the afternoon a fete will be held in Newtown 1 aik. THE MISSING SALUTE. Referring to a paragraph in a telegraphed report of the proceedings at the arrival of H.M.S. New Zealand, touching the absence of a salute from the forts, the Prime Minister pointed out to-day that the King s regulations and the New Zealand general regulations stated distinctly that His Majesty’s ships and His Majesty’s forts shall hot exchange salutes in ass / part of His Majesty’s Dominies. This explanation was made, as the paragraph referred to appeared to reflect on the Defence authorities and the Government.