Weather Could Not Damp Spirits Of Mooltan's Draft
MEN from the Hawkc's Bay district were the first to step ashore from the Mooltan. 'While newsreel cameras and Press photographers caught that "glad to be home" expression, they marched doAvn the gangway, through the shed to the other side of the wharf and straight on to the train that was taking them to their home town. For some there was a welcome from local relatives and friends, and these were summoned by loudspeaker to the wharf gates, where they could exchange greetings for a few minutes, before their train whistled them "all aboard."
Others snatched their first New Zealand cup of tea at the Salvation Army's mobile canteen on the wharf.
Meanwhile, South Islanders Avent straight ashore for a feAv hours' leave before mustering for the trip south. \ Wellington men did not leave the ship until later in the clay. None of them had any fault to find with Wellington's unseasonable weather. In fact some were heard to say that it -would not be Wellington if it did not turn on a spot of cold wind and some rain for such an auspicious occasion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 148, 20 December 1945, Page 8
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