H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.
FAREWELLS
[Per Press Association.] Wellington, April 24
Before leaving Wellington, Captain Halsey, of H.M.S. New Zealand, sent a letter to the Hon. Mr Bell (Minister of Internal Affairs) expressing thanks for the way in which the officers and men had been received and looked after in Wellington, and for the systematic and thorough manner in which everything had been organised. He also greatly appreciated the patient and courteous behaviour of the general public on board the ship.
Mr Bell also forwarded a letter to Captain Halsey on behalf of the Government expressing to the ship’s company “Our thinks to the men Tor the example they have'afforded the people of the Dbminion by their conduct during the stay of the battlecruiser. in Wellington, and of the effect of training and discipline in His Majesty’s service.” There had been no breach of order, and no trouble to mar the pleasure of the citizens.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 91, 24 April 1913, Page 6
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154H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 91, 24 April 1913, Page 6
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