STRANDED IN SYDNEY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1919, Page 2

STRANDED IN SYDNEY.

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"One thing 2 would particularly like to mention is the splendid way in which j the men helped as," said one woman passenger. "I ilo no*; know what we should have done without them, for they form-1 ed a. committee and interviewed the slapping companies and authorities, and did everything in their power to help us. There wero about 300 New Zealanders altogether in Sydney, and w*> soon became acquainted v/itli one another through meeting at tiie shipping office when trying to get passages. We met' nearly every day while waiting and hoping against hope that we would soon be able to leave. 1 myself reached Sydney on November 4, intending to return by the Moeraka on Novemer 14th. Wo went straight into quarantine, however, and had to stay there a week, and before we were allowed out the Riverina and Niagara had left, and there was no hope of getting another boat. A fery few left by the Port Sydney, which reached Whakatane a little while ago, but the rest of ns had to stay on."

Other passengers also spoke appreciatively of the help rendered by Messrs Beveridge, Andrews, and Simpson (of Wellington) who organised the New Zealanders* Committee, and who were also passengers by the Port Lyttelton. 21 DELICATE POSITION. A cablegram was received from Sydney yesterday fey an Auckland resident in which a New Zealander who is at present on a visit to Australia stated, inter alia, "Over one Hundred New Zeals iders are stranded here. Some are aosolutely without money. There is no,ign of the Maflsma getting away for some weeks, and vw feel sure that the j Government does not know the true position. Unless the dispute is settled; urgently, I p*edse!fc extensive industrial' troubles. ®«e position is delicate."