HURRIED OUT OF RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18889, 11 December 1924, Page 12

HURRIED OUT OF RUSSIA.

YOUNG SINGER'S ORDEAL.

FLIGHT FROM PETROGRAD.

To be hurried out of Russia under the protection of the Dutch Embassy shortly after the Bolshevik revolution was the unenviable experience of Miss Berta Carr, a Russian singer, who is now residing at Hawera. Although it is now six years since Miss Carr left Pctrograd, her memory of the days of the Bed revolution is still vivid.

Miss Carr's father was British, and her mother was Russian, so that the. family were looked upon as enemies after the revolution, and they had to flee from the country. Four 'of Miss Carr's brothers were fighting with the British Army in Era nee.

Under the protection of the Dutch Embassy, Miss Carr, her aged mother and father, ami a sister, left their home in Petrograd and practically everything they owned, and made their exit from trie country under terribly trying conditions. Their route was through Finland and Scandinavia and thence across to Scotland. At every one <>f the many frontiers the members of the party wore ruthlessly searched and were not allowed to retain anything of value. At each frontier the searchers seemed to be looking for something different. For six years Miss Carr lived in London, where she completed her vocal training. Then because she had no tie? and because she had a friend in New Zealand, she decided to come to the Dominion.