NEW ZEALANDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 153, 28 June 1919, Page 7

NEW ZEALANDERS.

MR RUSSELL'S STATEMENT. I y RESENTMENT EXPRESSED. y V CASES OF ACUTE DISTRESS. I SYDNEY, dune 27. n Tn a cablegram reply to Sir dames c Allen, tho stranded New Zcalanders express strong resentment at tho Hon. G. W. Russell's statement, published in the Sydney papers, to the effect that stories of distress among them form part of a propaganda in Sydney to force tho posiS tion at the Nov.- Zealand end. The stranded passenger.-' message adds: ''Cases brought to the notice of our executive have been fully and carefully investigated. Tho distress is not only c real, but acute in many cases, and the v I fact that tlu- New- Zealand Government n i agent has already disbursed over £200 ;s but 75 per cent of which has gone to s munition workers, accentuates the need ;e for additional help." v The message points out that the it stranded passengers" executive, wishing a to protect the Dominion public in every - way, agreed at the outset to submit tc any duration of quarantine Now Zealand imposed. It protests that, under th. existing distressful conditions, efforts at repatriation should not bo characterised a« propaganda. All the trouble, it if considered, is duo to the neglect of the Now Zealand health authorities to pro vide adequate quarantine accommodation Tin- r'uion Company has been advisee r " that a crew is' available from tlu le stranded New Zealanders to man the >'- Mo.-i-aki. The offer is awaiting accept s > ance by the Dunedin office.—(A. am !t N.Z. Cable. I