THE AMERICAN FLEET.
A BASEBALL MATCH. A W.k„ii August 27. team aL u.""? 11 be£ween * could iirnH , <3t aiue Australia a v i ctt >ry for THE SAILORS' BEHAVIOUR. The Inspector-Gcnera?V\"ofe «ays Ajnerkaa * e bellaVioUr 0t tha DEPARTURE OF THE VESSELS.
AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE. Received 28, 1.6 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. Keveral thousand persons witnessed L d , epar^ure ? f t h e fleet, which preMuted an imposing spectacle as it passed w close single file formation up the Urbor through the Heads. The pilots Wgaged to bring in the fleet were dispensed with. About three hundred sailors overstayed their leave and were left behind. Up to to-night most of the stragglers had turned up and were placed aboard the transport Yankton to be taken on to Melbourne. A number expressed their intention of going overland to Melbourne and seeing the fun there before rejoining their ships and taHntr their gruel. 6
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 212, 28 August 1908, Page 3
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151THE AMERICAN FLEET. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 212, 28 August 1908, Page 3
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