BROTHERS REUNITED AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS
Rec. 9.30 p.m. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 23. When two New Zealand brothers met at Newcastle after having been apart for 45 years, instant recognition Vvas mutual! Mr Patrick Tierney, aged 68, of Madras street, Christchurch, travelled to Newcastle to meet his brother, Thomas, aged 62. They last met when Patrick was living in Birmingham, England, and Thomas was on long service leave from the Indian Army. The passeneers and crew of the steamer Port Hobart, by which Patrick came to Australia, knew he was looking for his brother, and a cheer went up when the brothers recognised each other. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26626, 24 November 1947, Page 6
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103BROTHERS REUNITED AFTER FORTY-FIVE YEARS Otago Daily Times, Issue 26626, 24 November 1947, Page 6
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