BRITISH MIGRANTS ARRIVE
leeeived Monday, 9.5 p.m. SYDNEY, March 31. Most of the S03 passengers who arrivec at Bydney today from Loiulon by thfi reconverted (Jrion, ai'e British migrans intjent upon settling in Australia. Ln addition to 298 British bnildei for- Ganberra to work on Governnreii projects and 2(3 girl weavers frpm Yu'kshire who are on contract to work j a textile iactory, there are nearlv 10 families who travelled to Austra a at their own expense. The Ministc of Imnpgrntion, Mr. Calwell, bo.arde( the vessel in the stream to welcorn the migrants who are predominaitly Hcots. ile expressed the opiniopthat 1(30,000 migrants registered with Aistralia House, would be brought to Aus'ralia as soon as the shipping companes could provide vesseis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1947, Page 5
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