UNDER SEALED ORDERS.
BRITISH LINERS LEAVE U.S.A. NEW YORK. March 22. The liners Queen Mary and Mauretania have put to sea. The Maurentenia left the nier at 8 p.m. on Thursday and the Queen Alary at 8.30 a.m. today. Her long grey hull was revealed by flashes of lightning as she slipned to sea in a thunderstorm. It is believed she was under sealed orders. The demountable cabin walls on the Queen Marv were being removed when the Mauretania sailed; Smoke was also billowing from the Samaria’s funnels.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 97, 23 March 1940, Page 7
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88UNDER SEALED ORDERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 97, 23 March 1940, Page 7
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