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Long Waiting List (7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 31. Inquiries made amongst the office of the New Zealand Government, shipping companies and travel agencies in Sydney disclose a progressive deterioration over the last six months in sea and air transport for passengers desirous of returning to or visiting New Zealand. At the moment more than 1000 persons have placed their names upon the waiting lists of shipping companies for passages to New Zealand, but there is no early prospect of any sea transport being made available. Many recent arrivals by the Andes and Strathmore complain bitterly that thev had no conception of the difficulties they would meet on arrival here in relation to accommodation, internal transport and in securing return transport to New Zealand. They admit that a note of warning was endorsed upon exit permits, but contend that the necessity for this warning was heavily discounted by shipping and travel executives with whom they came in contact before their departure. "Anyone leaving New Zealand for Australia in the present circumstances must be prepared to experience a very long delay, perhaps running into some six months, before transport for return from Australia can be secured.’’ said the New Zealand Trade Commissioner iMr W. Taylor) to-day. “The whole question is one of shipping availability and. until this problem is solved, travel should be undertaken only upon very strong justification and with due regard to the factor of' indefinite delays.”

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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23346, 1 November 1945, Page 5

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TRAVEL ACROSS TASMAN Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23346, 1 November 1945, Page 5

TRAVEL ACROSS TASMAN Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23346, 1 November 1945, Page 5