N.Z. NURSES FOR SPAIN
"QUESTIONS PUT IN GOOD FAITH" MINISTER'S EXPLANATION (I'RESS KHSOCIATIOX TL-LEOBAM.) WELLINGTON, June 16. Referring to a protest from various sources about the police interrogation of the nurses for Spain before their departure from AucMand. the Minister in Charge of Police (the Hon. P. said to-day that it was clear that the interrogation was made m the interests of the nurses themselves and indeed was unavoidable. Advice had been received from the British Government that passports should not be issued to British subiects unless they were travelling under the auspices of certain humanitarian organisations which included the Spanish Medical Aid. Arrangements were made for a police officer to interview the nurses to ascertain the organisation with which they were associated, otherwise their passports could not be endorsed. Some of the questions put exceeded the extent and scope of the essential inquiries, he said. The questions were put in good faith, and in the beliet that they were in the interests of the women concerned. They were not asked on any instructions issued to the officer.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22121, 17 June 1937, Page 11
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