DUTCH EVACUEES LEAVING SHORTLY

Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 7

DUTCH EVACUEES LEAVING SHORTLY

AUCKLAND, July 15. The rcpatriation of 900 Duteh ! ev acuees who have been xeeuperating | in the Dominion from tlieir e.xperienees j as prisoners of the' Jaxianese in the i Netherlauds East Indies, will begin on J Friday when 200 of the refugees who i have been accommodated at Camp j t)ranje, Remuera, will embark 011 tlie . Duteh ship Tasman. The vessel will I leave on Huturday for Wellington to j pick up a furtlier 200 passengers from | southern clistricts before proceeding to j lirisbane. About 100 of the Tasman 's j •lassongers who are bound for Holland, wiJ.l be transferred at Brisbane to Hlie j Volendiiin. The remaiiuler who are returuing to the Indies, ivill be arcom- j modated in the alrendy establislied j eamp at Brisbane until shipping is j available to take tlicm to Batavia. I'ndertaking its second lift, the Tasman is due to return to Auckland on j August J and after embarking the bal- j ance of the Oranje Camp group, tlie \ ship will again conqilete loading at | Weilington before proceeding to Brip- ; ha ne and Batavia. Subsequent move- j meuts-are not yet known. The Duteh funiilies at Camp Oranje. j manv of vvhom were almost destitute | when tlie y left tlie Indies at tlie be- i ginning of the year, will return with ; at least twiee the possessions with | which tliey arrived. It is e'stimated j that about 7(! tons of luggago will ac conijnmy the first Auckland conting.cn t of 200 mcn, women and children. Becansc of the reluctance of Australian and New Zealand waterside workers to i handle stores destined for the Nethevlands East Indies, the jiassengers are expeeted to loan tlieir own heavv luggago w-ith the aid of the ship's crew and voluntary ivorkers.