The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 3 (August 1, 1931)

Our Navy's Winter

Our Navy's Winter.

Noted that the ships of our little New Zealand naval division are off on their regular winter cruise—not to the Far South. Like sensible fellows, and lucky withal, they are away to the summer isles of Eden and all that, where eternal sunshine reigns and where hurricanes are only born in the Christmas to March season. Who wouldn't be a naval man—say a Rear-Admiral for choice, or even a chaplain—for three months this midyear? Little wonder that service on our station is said to be extremely popular. Like the far-flying shining cuckoo our cruisers and sloops know no winter. More power to them, too. The crews will come home all the better for their tropic-seas jaunt showing the flag.