A "BACK-DOOR" ENTRY

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 139, 9 December 1918, Page 7

A "BACK-DOOR" ENTRY

AUCKLANDERS OBJECT. " (IX TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, This Day." The movement;of Auckland passengers was not mado very clear~to those on the island on Saturday night, but it was suggested that they also were to be taken from the island to St. Helier's Bay, thence conveyed in motor cars to their homes and hotels. It is asserted that Dr. Valintine suggested this mode of procedure, because he believed the people of Auckland would be inclined to resent the landing of the Makura's passengers in their midst, although he was satisfied in his own mind that" there was no danger of risk of infection. , Dr. Valintine's suggestions regarding the landing at St. Helier's did not meet with the unanimous approval of New Zealand passengers. Six of them objected to anything which might be regarded as a surreptitious entry into Auckland. Three passengers asked Dr. Valintine for an assurance that they were to be taken openly to one of the city wharves. This assurance was at once given, and the steamer Lady Roberts was brought to the Motuihi wharf, and passengers, carrying their small luggage, embarked. The utmost confusion prevailed in connection with the removal of the heavy luggage from the island to the vessel. Mr. Giuson, after consulting various local authorities, has telegraphed to Wellington an emphatic protest against the New Zealand passengers being landed.