STRONG RESENTMENT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 7

STRONG RESENTMENT

— ? — STRANBED NEW ZEALANDERS AND \ MR." RUSSELL DISTRESS NOT ONLY REAL BUT ACUTE

(By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

(Bee. June 2", 10 p.m.)

Sydney, .'J-utfe 27. In a cablegram replying to Sir James ! Allen, the stranded New Zealanders ei-. press strong resentment at Sir. Russell's ' statement, published in the Sydney • papers, .that the stories of distress among them form part of u propaganda in Syd- ' ne.y to force the position, at the New -i /,(.-aland ..end. ... 'i'ho stranded New Zealanders' message adds: "The cases which ; have been brought to the notice of our '■ executive have been fully and carefully [ investigated. The distress is not only . real but acute in many .cases,, and the . fact'that the New Zealand "Government Agent lias already-cjisbursed over iISOO, j-event.VTfive. per.ceut.:o£ which went to \ the munition 'workers,, accentuates the ! 'ntejl for additional help.*": The message points cut that the strand- ; ed New Zealanders' executive,- wishing to protect the ..Dominion publia in every way, agreed'at .the outset to. submit to ari\v duration' of quarantine .New Zealand imposed. It . protests, that Sunder- the existing distressful conditions,- efforts at repatriation should not be characterised as propaganda. All is due to the neglect of the Health' authorities to provide adequate quarantine accommodation.—Press Assn.. . ' VOLUNTEERS TO MAN THE MOERAJCI. . (Rec. June .27, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, June 27. The' Union Company has been advised that a crew is available fron». the stranded New Zealamlers to man the Moeraki, • and is awaiting'acceptance by the Dun- ■ edin' office.—Press- Assn. ' STATEMENT BY UNION COMPANY* i liy Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Jrne 27. Regarding a Press telegram from Wei- j lington yesterday concerning the dete-ntion. of the Moeraki at Auckland, the Union Company's head olfice reports that every : effort '.was mado to secure a full New Zealand crew for tho vessel. It was only when -these efforts had failed that the services of the original .'Australian crew were re-engaged for the run to Sydney, so that a large number of passengers who had been delnyod at Auckland cculd be taken to their homes in Australia.