COUNT VON LUCKNER
“A FINE FELLOW” By Telegraph— r jss Association AUCKLAND, June 30 “Count von Luckner is not coming here to spread Nazi propaganda. I can assure you of that,” said Captain R. Koehler, Marine Superintendent at Sydney for the Hamburg-Amerika line, who is visiting Auckland In connection with the visit of the German steamer Gera, which arrived yesterday from Gulf of Mexico ports. “He Is a fine fellow, and a great sport,” added Captain Koehler, who was a lieutenant aboard the German raider Moewe, while Count von Luckner was Lieutenant-Commander. “He is not like some of the older naval officers—very hard—he is a fine commander. Now perhaps you can tell me something. Why doesn’t Britain give us back some of our colonies? Some of the arguments I have heard in Australia are very amusing. We are not so much concerned with Samoa and New Guinea as with Africa. We want somewhere to send our overflow of population so that they can grow raw materials, and settle down in business, and, another thing, Africa is much nearer home.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20768, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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179COUNT VON LUCKNER Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20768, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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