MONTEREY INCIDENT
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, , October 7. (Received October 7, at noon.) The Quarantine and Customs Departments stated that the time taken by them on the Monterey was only slightly greater than is usual for the passengers on liners from America. This was because the passenger list was the largest for several months. A representative of the Matson Line at Sydney suggested that it would a wise move to send a doctor and Customs officials to board incoming liners at Auckland in order to obviate delay at Sydney. [Several passengers by the Monterey approached ‘the Press to express disappointment at the a.wkward time at which the vessel arrived at Sydney. It was pointed out that even if the vessel was not capable of the Awatea’s speed, they felt that she should have berthed early on Monday morning. The Monterey entered the heads after 1 p.m. A long medical inspection followed, and the vessel was tied up at the wharf at 3.45 p.m. This spoilt the afternoon for scores of Australians, who had hoped to attend the Kandwdck xaoe®4
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Evening Star, Issue 22773, 7 October 1937, Page 7
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181MONTEREY INCIDENT Evening Star, Issue 22773, 7 October 1937, Page 7
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