RIVER PLATE HEROES
ENTERTAINED IN CAPE TOWN.
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. March 21
According to Cape Town news messages. eleven British sailors who were wounded in the River Plate action with the Graf Spee. and who are now convalescing in Simonstown. were entertained at a civic luncheon at Cape Town today. They were cheered by thousands of people as they drove through the streets. The Prime Minister. General Smuts, telegraphed a message of appreciation of the gallantry shown in action. Mr Sturrock. Minister of Railways, in a speech said: “Owing to the magnificent work of the Royal Navy, the trade of lhe Union is flowing as smoothly in war ns it did in peace."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 March 1940, Page 5
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