SPANISH WAR PRECAUTIONS
When the liner in which he was travelling .to " England was .steaming along the Spanish coast, in the Mediterranean, all the watertight doors were closed just as 'a precaution,;owing to the suspected presence of mines; wrote Mr. Russell MacKenzie, ; of Christchurch, in a shipboard letter to his'parents,'Mr. and Mrs. James..MacKenzie. ''Nothing: has happened yet," he added, "but we are a fair way-off our course." At Gibraltar Mr. MacKenzie, who was with two other young men from the city, went out to the Spanish frontier and from there.could see country five miles away which was under the jurisdiction of General Franco, the rebel leader. The Christchurch men tried to get through the frontier gates, which were guarded by four British soldiers on one side and three of Franco's men on the other, but they were not allowed more than two chains through as'it was too dangerous. On Gibraltar there were guns all over the place, some quite .visible, but others■ hidden'in the Rock.- When the liner left Gibraltar later two rebel warships came along on each side,'had a good look at the British steamer, and then moved away. ' , >-•
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 15, 17 July 1937, Page 11
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