ADOPTED BY DARWIN
INDONESIAN BOY STOWAWAY DARWIN, September 10 Bas Wie, the 12-year-old Indonesian boy who flew from Ivoepang to Darwin recently in the engine nacelle of a Dakota, will remain in Australia. The Minister of Immigration, Mr A. A. Cahvell, has agreed to this in response to requests from Danvin people to be allowed to adopt him. The Northern Territory ' Commissioner has undertaken to be personally responsible for finding him employment. The boy is almost ready for discharge from hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for burns and exposure. °
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Evening Star, Issue 25895, 12 September 1946, Page 12
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