NO STATEMENT ON NIGERIA
Received Tuesdav, 7 p.ni. CAPE T()\VX, Fob. 17. An Adniiraltv statement 011 the eruiser Nigeria 's task would not be made for a considerable tinre, said Lioiilenant-rommander ,1. C. Wcstall, Royal Marines, today, when speaking on beljalf of the Commander-in-Chiet, South Atlantic, Viee- Admiral Hir t'lement Moody. A member of the crew who was hurriedlv summoned from leave to rejoin the Nigeria, gave a frietid the "forwarding address "Sandwieh Harbour'(the , Sandwieh group of islands is between Cape Town and the Falkland Islands, near the Antartie Cirele) before the Nigeria sailed. Sailors reeall-c-d from leave poured into Cape Town 1 rom where niotorists gave tliem Jifts to Simonstown. Policemen were nsed as messengers to sunnnon theni from farms and homes seattered throughout Ihe weslern provine.e. As the tiien went alioard (50 British wives gathered on Ihe (piayside. Seeurity as tiglit as any in wartime, was elaniped down on the Nigeria 's movements.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 February 1948, Page 5
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155NO STATEMENT ON NIGERIA Chronicle (Levin), 18 February 1948, Page 5
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