On a grey day in which rare glimpses of sunshine broke the monotony of a bleak wind and soaking showers the 43 vessels of the Ameiican Fleet arrived at Melbourne yesterday. Braving the weather, thousands of people gathered at the waterfront at Port Melbourne to see the arrival, and many assembled at other points of vantage around the bay. ...
Article : 1,259 wordsAlmost every position on the bayside that offered a favourable view for pedestrian or motorist was occupied. Moving in procession is not a pastime favoured by ...
Article : 925 wordsHours before the leading vessels appealed on the horizon crowds of people began to gather on the Bluff, at Point Ormond, and by 10 o'clocl all available standing ...
Article : 243 wordsCitizens representing every seetion of the community were the guests of the State Ministry on the steamer Hygein, which, gaily "dressed" [?] b[?]ting, left ...
Article : 890 wordsLong before noon thousands of residents of Williamstown and visitors were on the piers and foreshore. By the time that the Seattle was sighted the number of ...
Article : 241 wordsTheir experiences on the occasion of the visit of the British squadron last year forgotten, thousands of sightseers, in hundreds of motor vehicles, ranging from ...
Article : 840 wordsQueenscliff and its envirous made up its mind to see the fleet at the earliest moment. The official ann[?]ment was that the flagship of Admiral Cooatz would pass ...
Article : 1,295 wordsIn charge of the tugs Tooronga and James Paterson, the flagship of Admiral Coontz, the U.S. light cruiser Seattle, berthed at Prince's Pier, fort Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsHow did the fleet enter the Heads? To the keen-eyed officers and men in the navigating towers of the warship as they plunge and rolled through the heavy seas ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 24 Jul 1925, Page 11
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