GERMAN SHIP ARRIVES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 38, 24 January 1936, Page 3

GERMAN SHIP ARRIVES.

Christmas At Sea— -Greetings Sent To Hiller. LEADER’S FRIENDLY REPLY. ] Auckland, January 18 j The reply to a radio message ta Herr j Hitler,' conveying New Year greetings, | is a valued document hung in a frame I in the saloon of the North German Lloyd steamer Wiegand, which arrived yesterday morning from New Orleans. The radio was sent iby the captain on behalf of .the ship’s company, many iliank s to you and the crew of your ship for the friendly Now Year’s greetings which ■ you have; cent him,’’ reads the reply, which was signed by a Secretary of- State. “He returns them to you and the crow in the heartiest manner, and wishes you and your ship a happy voyage for the New Year. — j Heil Hitler! ’’ The Wiegand, which, apart from the . Erlangen and the barque Magdalene' Vinnen, is the only German vessel I<> | visit Auckland for several years, Hit's the new‘German national flag from her j stem, a, black swastika in a, white circle, i on a red ground. Of the four j pictures 9 'in her saloon, two are photographs 'of ; Hihdenberg and Hitler, and j the'others’are'views of Bremen, her port of registration. i f Captain* K.T Schulz, gwho is in com- j niaiul, ‘ was ' given A‘command of a. j destroyer-during the war, hand later j served with the . German land .forces, j All the crew are Germans. , i . Although? in ,tho middle of ■ the i Pacific, A-thousand,,’ of miles 'from their | homeland, the ship’s company celebra- j ted Christmas in traditional fashion, j Long tables wore erected on deck, at. which officers and crew sat (down to-1 gethcr,iwith* the'eaptatn hej'head of j the assembly. fjr A"; Christmas tree had j been specially brought from Germany in n. tub for the occasion, and a meal , of Christmas fare had been prepared, , while songs and music, made the j occasion a truly festive one. The Wiegand, which is a steamer of 5809 tons gross, loaded a general cargo, including 1000 tons of hulk sulphur, a( American ports. After leaving Now Orleans, rough weather was encountered on the run to Panama, but thereafter the vessel enjoyed favourable conditions until two days from the New Zealand coast, when she ran into a gale which delayed her arrival at j Auckland by about 12 hours, |