BIG SHIPMENT OF REFUGEES FOR AUSTRALIA
Received Monday, 8.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Eeb. 10. Approximatelv 600 .Jewish refugees are on their way to Australia in the Hutch Jined Joiian de Witt, aceording to a Government spokesman. He was commenting on the cabled report that the ship left Marseilles with 995 Jews who .ivntended to settle in Australia. fhe spokesihan said that the ship was the only vessel bringing Jews to Australia. Since December 1052 Jewish refugees had arrived in Australia. Dutch ofiicials in Sydney expressed surprise at the news " of the ship's sailing and said that the Netherlands Government had not advised' them. The normal peacetime passenger capaeity of the ship was 300 but she carried as many as 720 troops during the war. They admitted hearing rumours last week that the Johan de Witt and two other Dutch ships would bring refugees to Australia but tlns was the lirst eonlirmation. The Royal Dutch Steam Navigation Companv advises that the Johan de \Yitt wfll arrive at Sydney in March uid might De folloived by" the Tegelberg.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1947, Page 5
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