NEW ZEALAND SQUADRON.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 14 July 1920, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND SQUADRON.

C':\l"l‘.\l.\' '}l(,)TH;\.\.l‘ .~\S (’0.\1.3[0DORE. Lol’\'.l)o.\', May 23.0. '.l_‘llo ztppoiutnuml is zllluLlm‘(,‘d of Captain .A‘.a.l-1 G. Hotlmm. ('?.,\l_(;__ I‘, I-I.}\l'.S. (‘II-ut'11:11u, in &3¢';xx1x1::1x1«!, on rom--Ini.~':<ion. as (',0n11110du1'?.=:. sxkcotld c,];1;~;5, in conumzuul of the New Zealan(l Hqll-.ldl'ml. .;\nd the A«lmil'2llty is now :Iskin;_l' for \’ollllll'L‘e‘.'.\' for her Q]'4_}\\'_ 'l_‘}lc c.nm]il'inns (>l3 :4(_‘l‘vit'(4' art‘ that the ‘ofi’icol's will be lent I'o tho New Ze:11:1nd (‘ro\'ernn'.(m'i' for :1 period I‘-gar ¢-x<:<\e<,lixl;g;\ Hll'x.‘C _\~'o:11-1:}. unit]: the pus.‘%H)il§!'_‘-’ of I_wrzn:lxl-_‘-.'lt ’;'.".'.n.~.f’(-1' ulti» mutely, if_l-equii-ed, and if the officor so des'u'eS_ Pay will be ut. Hm Au,-_. t'l'ali:ln rate, and free p:lss:.l<,7;u 10 and from New Zealand will be pL'o\'i(l(-Wl, unle.-.~; an offic-.91‘ proceeds by :1 ship of war. The I':l‘rings x'equil'od mlmher 391, and the Im.nlés of \‘()lLll]t€Ul's‘ :m~ being: I'6-gistm'o¢l at the .Ho_\“u] .\':1v:11 B:lrl':u‘k.<. Cha.l<h:ml.

It is umlel'>‘tnml Hllll I[lA\]4:_,“! (“lmt-I ham will leave Chatham Dockyard as soon as she can be got I'oaLly. withl ufli<:oll‘s and men who .llßt\‘(3 Vnluyntm-1~-l cell to :serve uml(‘l' thv New Zealumll :ultllm'it'u.-s. The other vessels of the, N'u\\" Zealzmd Di\'lsion will he the} sloops l.ul)ul'uum and \'m'oni(=-.1. ‘Captain Il.0th:1m, \\'l_m is at pro.<ent; l‘)il'Cul(u’ of the 'l‘l'mlo J.)i\'isiun at‘ the Naval s‘.tu’r'l‘ at the Anlmi-rzllty. is -(1 gllllllPl'}' .<pocialist, and us a. common}'ier scv'\‘(-d in the Queen, wlwn '.\h-('li-tol'l'am=:ul fiagsllip, and in the 'Drca(l~ .m>ught when the f.l:.lgslxip ot’ .»\«lmir:ll.. A.\‘Tlu‘v in the Home‘ Fleet. lle l)ec:.1n1o :1 (-;lpl':n'u on June flit’). 1.912%, and :1 yvur later was-.lppointed to comlnand the Aurora. zl.ls'xstol' ship of the .s\l*ellnlsa and the first Britislx :_>il.~fi:‘(>:ll «-I'ui:eol'. 'li‘rm'n llm ;\m'm’a ho \\':’l:~' t'l':lns‘r'm'l‘et.l 10 :mntllw' ligln; ('.1'11i:~:0:', tho Camus, and took part in llllt‘ sinking of the Gm‘ma'n_ ruitlcr (EH:-if in the ‘.\'ol'th Sea on l~‘oln'u:lry' 29, 1916. '.l‘l;r9«.\ months lutor he v\':l.<.pl'(~!s(=llt at the b:lt.t.le of Jutland, \\'lwl'<=. his ship was St.:l.timw«l tln'c(~. miles ahead of‘ the B:x.ttl.(> Fleet under l.m'(l Jollivot“. In. Dccenll)e'l‘_. 1.016. he <-amo to the Aulmiraltvy as Assist-‘(lnt-Director of Nava.l Equip~ mont, and in Oct-obe-I', 1917. Wu.» appointml hr>.'l«l of the 'l‘mdo Divi.<iml. His fat}:-or, Admiral of the Fleet Sir lChnrles Hotham. who was :1 T,m'sl of tho J\(lI11lI'flllT}' in 1888-89. is still li\"ing. As Director of the 'l‘mr]o Division, C'upta'm Ho’rli.*a‘m is ;-noc(eQdefi by C‘-apinin C. .T. C. Little. C. 8.. who joim?(.l the Division as .§.>‘i><tglll’r-I)il'ec-‘tor about five monuthslago, when he I'olinquisllml commaml of‘ HlO lig>;llt l ts-1-I.lismj Cleop:l.t;'ra.