The Russian Scare
"The Cruise of the Kaskowiski,’ by D. M. Luckie, was a good story: In Auckland they sold ‘many copies of the "Southern Cross" the day it appeared-in 1873. People forget that it was not written for the fun of a hoax. Luckie was deeply concerned about the state of our coastal defences, and to wake the people up he ran a yarn about a Russian warship which, the night before, had sailed into Auckland, exacted a ransom from the city, robbed the banks and kidnapped leading business men. Strange to Say, people would hardly believe the evidence of their own eyes that it was a hoax. There was Something approaching panic. One poor old washerwoman buried her tub so that the enemy couldn’t get it. Some people actually fled from the city. The Russian scare was real then. You will have heard of the "Havelock Guardian’s" threat: "We have reneatediv
| warned the Tsar.’-
(Dr.
G. H.
Scholefield
"Background of New Zealand; The Press," 2YA, October 7)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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169The Russian Scare New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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