PERMISSION TO LAND REFUSED.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20572, 14 June 1932, Page 8

PERMISSION TO LAND REFUSED.

RUSSIAN SENT ON BY

AORANGI.

[THE PEESS Special Service.]

AUCKLAND, June 13.

Entrance to New Zealand was not permitted to Vladimir Grigorivich Gavriluk, a Russian, who was a passenger by the Aorangi, which arrived at Auckland on Sunday and left for Sydney this afternoon. This action was taken by the Customs Department acting on the advice of the police. According to his statement to the police, Gavriluk left Sydney for Vancouver on the last trip of the Aorangi. Ho wished to travel to Bussia, via London. On arrival at Vancouver he was removed to the detention camp and later placed on the Aorangi to be sent back to Sydney. When seen at Auckland Gavriluk said he wished to spend a holiday of two weeks in New Zealand, but he was not permitted to land. in an effort to exclude from New Zealand any persons thought undesirable, P°' lCo are now taking precautions with passengers landing at Auckland. A strict watch is being kept by detectives on all overseas steamers.

It was announced by the honorary secretary (Mr P. R. ciimie) at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Aero Uub last evening that the area adjacent to the Wigram Aerodrome, v recently given by Sir Henry i J 1 ° Government, was to be veiled and generally improved, the ft°ik starting to-day. About fiftv men J 36 , under the tjneiaplovment Board s schema, and the ~ l 1^ 1 was to take three months +l, ,J n P|? te J„ w °uld be supervised by llc , W° r ks Department. The levelling «f tho ground would mean l,■„ t 7 club s nvichines, instead of Ti V* i, La ,7 to taking-off ground used by the Department, would be able j* wiKo oft from in front of their own hangars.