47 Days on Raft
Lieutenant Louis Zamperlnl, the American mile runner at the 193 G Olympic Games who was given up for dead when he failed to return from a search mission in a Liberator 28 months ago, is now on his way home after his incredible survival of 47 days on a raft and then equaly incredible cruelties in Japanese prison camps. Fantastic Prices An orange case of lettuces is bringing more on the Christchurch market than when the case is filled with oranges grown 3000 miles away from New Zealand. This was reported by a leading fruiterer, who said that the lettuces wore fetching Its a dozen, which was equivalent of 35s a case, against 23s Gd a caso for island oranges and 31s Gd a case for Australian oranges.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21816, 12 September 1945, Page 8
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13247 Days on Raft Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21816, 12 September 1945, Page 8
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