FIRST DUTCH FARMERS SAIL FOR N.Z.
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LONDON, Dec. 12,
The first Dutch settlers to leave foi New Zealand and Australia under the Netherlands emigration scheme sailed on the Volendam. There wore 1600 emigrants aboard, including 125 young unmarried Dutch farmers for New Zealand dairy farms and 225 Dutch children.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22818, 13 December 1948, Page 5
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