PICTURES OF BELLONA
POLICE INTERVIEW PHOTOGRAPHER A member of the Christchurch Photographic Society who took photographs of H.M.N.Z.S. Bellona when she was at Timaru on December 7 was interviewed by the police a month later. The member, Mr R. E. O’Daniels, says in the latest issue of the society’s journal, “The Highlight,” that he found out that he had been reported for taking close-ups of portions of the ship instead of confining his activities to general views. Mr O’Daniels adds that apparently the trouble was over an angle shot of the mast which included radar equipment. “I wouldn’t know a radar from a radish,” says Mr O’Daniels. “But I did know there was a radar aerial because of the many illustrations of this sort of thing I have seen from time to time in periodicals. . . . Had I taken the pictures with a box camera it is unlikely I would, have heard any more about the matter.” Mr O’Daniels has written to the Naval Secretary and any ruling he gives on the matter will be published in a later issue of the society’s magazine. “It may be the means of saving some other fervid photo fan from being mistaken for a criminal,” says Mr O’Daniels.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25735, 22 February 1949, Page 4
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