REFUGEES’ CONDUCT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 15, 28 October 1938, Page 3

REFUGEES’ CONDUCT.

REPORT EXAGGERATED. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 27. In reports which have appeared in the newspapers of the conduct o Jewish refugees on the Aorangi on hei recent voyage from Vancouver to Auckland and Sydney, the Union Steam Ship Company, the agent for the Canadian-Australasian Line, states there lias apparently been a good, deal of exaggeration. “The commander’s report for the voyage, referring briefly to the subject, makes it evident that what trouble did occur was largely the work of one individual who subsided, after being remonstrated with by Captain Hill,” states the company. “The idea of some of the cabin class passengers that they should be allowed the run of the first-class was probably caused by some misunderstanding at the time of booking, no doubt by the language difficulty, it is. of course, out of the question that passengers should be allowed the use of accommodation of a higher class than that for which they had paid. A considerable number of these passengers have been carried on previous trips without anything against them having been reported, and so far as the company is aware, they were quiet and well behaved.”