DUTCH EVACUEES SAIL FOR HOME
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WELLINGTON, July 26. j Just before -the Netheriands stcaincr j Tasman pulled out from Wellington : wliarf tkis afternoon, the 422 f ormer ! evacuee occupants of Nolonie Miramar j at Wellington, and Kamp Oranjc ai j Auckland, who lined her deeks, sang | the Dutch and British National An- ! thems. vThe Tasman is due at Brisbane i on August 2 and there the travellers i will tranship either for the East ludies | or Ilolland. They were all loud in their praisc of !New Zealand hospitality. ' 1 Iiow different from our arrival, " one commented. ' ' We came as complete strangers knowing ' little of this country and nothing of its peopile. iSee what friends we have now." The Tasman is due baclt in Wellington on August 12 to take the last contingent of evacuees.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 July 1946, Page 7
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