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BRITISH REFUGEE’S TRIBUTE I I j ( lulled Press Assn.-—Elec. Tel. Copyright) , LONDON, July 29 | A British refugee from France, in I a letter to the Times expressing the | passengers’ " gratitude to and proI i for the officers : and crew of a Dutch ship which i transported them to England, points out that these sailors lost everything and left their wives and child- | ren and homes at the enemy’s mercy, j “Nevertheless,” he says, “when the ■ passengers handed the crew £IOO | as a present, the crew presented the ’ gift and an additional £25 earned j as tips to the ship's captain, requesti ing that the money should be passed j on to the British Red Cross.'*
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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117DUTCH SEAMEN Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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