AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 April 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIA

[BY CABLE —PLESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] JUDGE RUTHERFORD SYDNEY, April 29. Judge Rutherford is a passenger on the Niagara which sailed to-day at noon, for Auckland. He told an interviewer, before sailing, he was convinced that Australia was slowly and surely handing herself over to forces of Nazism and Fascism. SHIP AGROUND. BRISBANE. April 29. The coastal motor-ship Bingera, of 919 tons, is stranded on the Great Barrier Reef. She has a heavy list to port, and her fotward deck is awash. The position is regarded as serious. Ten passengers have been landed safely, and the cargo is being unloaded. The Bingera trades between Brisbane and Maryborough, Mackay and Townsville. N.Z. THANKS SYDNEY, April 30. Before leaving by the Awatea. last night, Mr. Perry issued a message of appreciation and thanks to the Government. Lord Mayor, and people of New South Wales, on behalf of the New Zealand returned soldiers. Mr. Perry said: “Everything that could have been done to make our stay pleasurable was done." Colonel Gambrill and Lieutenant-Col-onel Lyons on behalf of the men on the Maunganui and Monowai respectively. also wrote to the Lord Mayor, expressing appreciation of the hospitality given to members of the contingent by the people of Sydney.