The couple will leave George behind for a two-day tour of Dunedin, Queenstown, and Christchurch, all on South Island.
And a very unpleasant reply it was: 'Follow me to Queenstown; course, south, 63° east.'
It will be remembered that about a year before Colonel Scott was for a short time a prisoner at Queenstown.
Slowly the big ship sailed into Queenstown harbor, and then stopped.
This small column, with its base at Queenstown, had a disastrous beginning.
There is attached copy of report of operations by anti-submarine craft based on Queenstown.
