THE RECENT CRISIS.
ANXIOUS TIME FOR TOURISTS. PASSAGE THROUGH MEDITERRANEAN. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 28. Passengers in the tourist liner Orcades had an anxious time in the Mediterranean and Suez Canal during the four days of the Czech crisis. The watertight bulkheads were closed, and at night a floodlit) 27-foot Union Jack flew from the st(ern. At Gibraltar the passengers’ feelings were not brightened by the sight of a Spanish Republic destroyer badly holed, while three of Franco’s warships waited half a mile outside the harbour to complete the work of destruction when she emerged.
Only one “incident” was reported. When the flags of many nationalities, including the Nazi flag, were hung at a gala danae, European Jews told the committee that unless the flag was taken down- they would boycott the dance, but .before the ship’s officers could remove it, the flag was reported to have been thrown overboard. A dancer in fancy dress representing Herr Hitler was asked to change his costume.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 16, 29 October 1938, Page 8
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