THOUSAND WAITING TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND
Roceivcd "Wednesdav, 7.50 p.m. SYDNEY, May 1. Two young women were among i'ourteen applicants for a vovage to Newj Zealand ou tjie. former. Hawkesburv River vehieular ferrv, Frances Peat, I which is due to leave Sydney today. Of j the dozen men who apx>lied, - some j wanted to work their way an(l"others| to pay their passage. All were refused. j The ship has its own crew sent over by| the owners, the Devonport Steam Ferryl Company. The crew of thirteen under i Captain -T. A. Thode, R.A.X.R.. hope to repeat the trip of nine and a-half days made by tlie sister ship, George Peat, in March. Shipping eompanies report that neai'ly a thoiisand intending travellers aro waiting iii Australia for transport to New Zealand.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1946, Page 5
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