VON LUCKNER'S REQUEST
MINISTER'S STATEMENT [ Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 11. The action of the Christchurch military authorities in refusing Count von Luckner permission to visit Ripa Island where he was imprisoned during the Great War has been upheld by the Government. “Count von Luckner communicated with me by telephone to-day,” said the Minister of Defence, Hon. F. Jones, this evening. “I told him that the rule prohibiting civilians from landing on Ripa Island had been in force for some time and the Government regretted it was unable to relax that rule. My explanation of the position was accepted by the count.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 86, 12 April 1938, Page 7
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