NO ORDER RECEIVED.
GERMANS IN NEW ZEALAND. POSITION I\ T EVENT OF WAR. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. Only a mere handful of the German'; li\ing in New Zealand are of military age, according to Mr, H. Kessell, seerotary to the German Consulate-General in Wellington. He said in an interview thnt no general order had been received in the Dominion for Gorman nationals to liold themselves in readiness in case of further developments in Europe. Mr. KesKoH was asked whethor it was true that all Germane living in this country were hound to report changes of address to the Consulate-General at Wellington, so that in the" event of war the German military authorities should immediately be able to communicate with them. He replied that for a long time it had been the practice for Germans to keep in touch with their consulate in New Zealand, just as a. Now Zoalander who went to live in Eugiind might call at the High Commissioner's Office in London, or a Frenchman living abroad would call upon the French colony. It wi« tacitly understood. There wa* no regulation which compelled Germans to register with their consular authorities.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 221, 26 September 1938, Page 8
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194NO ORDER RECEIVED. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 221, 26 September 1938, Page 8
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