French Pacific Sloop In
p. 71 · Read in the full issue
New Zealand
THE entente cordiale was much in evidence in Auckland between May nd , T w hen the French sloop Dumont D’Urville” paid a visit to the port. The officers and sailors nrHr 6 ofi rea^ ed by cl . ubs ’ institutions, and Cltl f® ns with great hospitality, and when the sloop left for Tonga on the morning of May 22, a large crowd assembled on the western wharf to bid fareweil to the Frenchmen. The French officers made statements to the news papers in which they expressed their warm appreciation of the many ktnd them S bv h fhP l laC l 1 be S n shower ed upon mem by the Auckland community.