UNDER SEALED ORDERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 68, 21 March 1940, Page 5

UNDER SEALED ORDERS

. LINERS QUEEN MARY AND MAURETANIA 1 I I PREPARING TO LEAVE NEW YORK Received March 20, 10.5 p.m. NEW YORK, March 20. Smoke is pouring from the funnels of the Queen Mary and Mauretania and it is believed that they are sailing to-day under sealed orders. The Mauretania is. loading sand ballast. The Queen Mary’s luxurious furnishings are being dumped on the pier. ] She is provisioning heavily. The police have been ordered Io I keep a sharp watch on the Hudson River for mines and bombs disguised as debris. They have also been r ordered to report immediately loia flying aircraft. i The Queen Mary's crew are being I issued with tropical uniforms. I An earlier message stated: ShipI ping circles hail the reported Ccc-ision j to employ the liners Queen Mary and ! Mauretania as troopships, th: publi- | cation of which is permitted in Canada, as striking evidence of British 1 confidence that the German sub- ■ marines have lost, most of their i liveness.