Fiji Does Honour To
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New Zealand
THE first battalion of the Fiji De fence Force has presented to the New Zealand cruiser “H.M.S.
Achilles” a silver tankard, to commem orate the River Plate engagement, in which the cruiser was engaged against the German battleship ‘‘Graf Spee”. The presentation was made in Auckland by Captain V. R. Abrahams, on behalf of the Fiji Defence Force, and Captain W.
E. Parry, commander of the cruiser, sent the warmest thanks of himself and his ship’s company to the Ist Battalion of the Fiji Force and to Major Clive Brew ster, its commanding officer.