DUNERA ARRIVES

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 3

DUNERA ARRIVES

J FORCE MEN RETURN pleasant voyage from JAPAN ♦ WELLINGTON, August 27. ine transport Dunera berthed at to sh ? rtly after 9 aS to-dfy t J le dlsetn barkation of 1481 J f ForS an S men and nu rsing sisters of their ° n T boa rd have Served tn £,’£ 12 months in Japan. °® clal Party, including the and thViv? 1 ] ? efencc f Mr F. Jones) and the Minister of Rehabilitation (Mr from boarded the Dunera atoTw t ?r« tag 1 Terawhiti about 7 45 a m - fhV 1 H Omed J? y men ''ning the hlp ; The two Ministers addresses of welcome. eveyvthi o^ ierS + ? e^ ed eve rybody and eveiything as the Dunera berthed beCwkade MS ' TheSeuS and HMS.

trip from Japan was reported > en J a Pleasant one, with D?entv f °or sn?5 n ? I'Y'hS conditions and entertainment. The high--0 U . voyage was a visit to Suva, W nnf e troops had five hours’ leave < c sn?P' ai nt from the men Std J eave in Japan. Some a ? , they had had no leave for th*’ wl 2? le 12 months in Japan. d ° a tors were pleased with the health of the troops. Previous complaints about living conditions were not borne out by the men in to-day’s draft.' They said living conditions had greatly improved in the last 12 months.

Arrangements were made to transport the North Island men by-train or bus to-day. The South Island men will travel by boat to Nelson and Picton this afternoon and by the steamer express to Lyttelton to-night.