PASSENGERS ASSISTED.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 20. Swift emergency measures taken to assist passengers from Los Angeles to reach the Mariposa before she sailed from San Francisco on January 5 were referred to with enthusiasm when the liner reached Auckland. As a result of a strike of short duration by waterfront cargo checkers at Los Angeles, it was decided to cancel the call there in case she was involved and delayed. About 300 passengers intending (o board the Mariposa at Los Angeles were collected bv messenger, telephone and telegraph, and were given a special train with sleeper accommodation to San Francisco. Though many of the travellers were from distant parts of the United States and strangers to Los Angeles, and though others were staying with friends and not booked through agencies, all were located. The train left Los Angeles at tho normal sailing time of the Mariposa.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 14
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148PASSENGERS ASSISTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 14
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