RETURNED 600 MILES
JAPANESE STEAMER AUSTRALIANS PUT ASHORE (Reed. Aug. 4, 3 p.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 4. A further report concerning the movements of the Japanese vessel China Maru states that, acting on orders from Tokio, the steamer, which was called to Sydney last week, headed direct for Japan. Later fresh orders were received and she steamed back 600 miles to put off the two Australian carpenters who had been working aboard, and an injured seaman. The vessel then headed north again.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 9
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81RETURNED 600 MILES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 9
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