STRANDED IN SYDNEY
POSITION OF NEW ZEALANDERS,
(BI TELEGRAPH. -PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
Referring to the cablegram from Sydney stating that the stranded New Zealanders were dissatisfied at what they claimed to be discrimination in allowing soldiers and .munition workers to return to New Zealand, while civilians were debarred, the Hon. G. W. Russell said he was surprised at the statement, as no Ministerial authority had been given for a relaxation of the embargo. While appreciating the work of the soldiers and munition workers, he could not differentiate between different classes of the community. If the Health Department had cabled permission it was done on its own responsibility. The matter would be inquired into. He had received information from Wellington of a small body of soldiers en route to New Zealand, but no consent had been given to the Defence 'Department to the transfer of munition workers. Until there were more effective quarantine stations the embargo would be rigidly enforced. With regard to the stranded New Zealanders, a cable had now been forwarded to the Government agent authorising him to make the necessary advances for their maintenance.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 102, 2 May 1919, Page 8
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188STRANDED IN SYDNEY Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 102, 2 May 1919, Page 8
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