VON LUCKNER SAILS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 15

VON LUCKNER SAILS

j ENTHUSIASTIC SCENE "LEAVING HEART IN N.Z." (Pur Press Association.) AUCKLAND, hist night. After having been in the Dominion Cor two and a half months, Count von Luckncr and the Countess :aid this morning in the auxiliary chooner yacht, Seetcufel, for Sydney .i continuation of her world cruise. j Enthusiastic farewells were extendd at the wharf before the departure iy a large assembly of friends and veil-wishers. "From the bottom of my heart I ■vant to thank the people of New Zealand, which is indeed a country of gentlemen, for their wonderful hospitality," the Count said before his departure. "I will long to come back again. Indeed I must, for I am leaving my heart here." When the Seeteufel was a few chains from the wharf, proceeding under her own power, Count von Luckner .himself lowered the Swastika flap from the mainmast for a moment in salute. The New Zealand flag still hung from the foremast. Aucklandeis On Board On board were two young Auckland radio announcers, Messrs. Colin Moore and Michael Hutt, who have joined the company on the cruise. On the wharf, as the Seeteufel let", was her photographer, Mr. H. G Oesterreich, who will rejoin the,vessel in Sydney in five or six weeks' time. Mr. Oesterreich is going to Rotorua to continue the preparation A a film, in which he proposes to show the struggle of the original settlers in preparing a foundation for he Dominion. In Rotorua various incidents dealing with the early settlers ind the Maoris will be recreated and limed. The drama in the early stage; will largely oencern three Europeans and several Maori characters. Mr. Oesterreich may be able to show the film in Auckland before he leaves. His intention is to market the film in Germany.