BIG GERMAN LINER
RELIANCE AT AUCKLAND SHIP MAKING WORLD CRUISE. NAZI DISCIPLINE IN FORCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association, AUCKLAND, April 11. With the swastika flag of Germany flying from the stern post and the British mercantile marine flag at the forepeak, the 20,000 tons Reliance, of the Hamburg-American Line, berthed about 8 o'clock this morning, with 200 passengers, 60 of whom are Germans and the remainder Americans, on a 45 months’ world cruise. The last port of call was Melbourne. The tourists are leaving today for Rotorua and other North Island resorts, rejoining the vessel at Wellington.
The Reliance is to leave Auckland on Thursday night. The officers and crew are German, but sp'eak English, learnt in America. Nazi discipline is maintained aboard, the Nazi salute being freely exchanged between officers and mc-n. Photographs of Herr Hitler and President Hindenburg decorate various parts of the vessel.
German passengers are allowed to carry only 200 dollars each for spending during the course of the cruise, »while German officers are allowed only eight dollars monthly.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 April 1938, Page 8
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