“NO PASSPORT, NO TRIP”
PLIGHT OF TWO. NEW ZEALANDERS [Feu United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, September 29. Arriving at Southampton to join the steamer Queen Mary for America Mr and Mrs J. B. Bradley, of Feilding, discovered their passports had been left in the bureau of a London hotel bedroom. The officials said: “No passport, no trip.” Mrs Bradley then hit on the idea of having the passports sent by air to Cherbourg, France, the ship’s last European port of call. The ship’s officers allowed them to travel to Cherbourg after telephone calls to London. At the scheduled time of departure from Cherbourg the passports had not arrived. The New Zealanders’ luggage was placed close to the gangway which was raised.
After the ship had been delayed some minutes the passports arrived, having been raced from the aerodrome landing to the jetty. The gangway was lowered and Mr and Mrs Bradley hurried aboard the Queen Mary as the vessel cast off.- “It was touch and go,” said Mr Bradley. “It was also expensive.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23384, 29 September 1939, Page 6
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172“NO PASSPORT, NO TRIP” Evening Star, Issue 23384, 29 September 1939, Page 6
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