MARINE COLLISION.
Received August 14, 11.24 a.m. CAPETOWN, Aug. J 3. Ninety refugee children en route to Australia have been landed at Capetown. They were passengers on the Ceramic, which collided in a dense fog with the freighter Testbank in the South Atlantic. Both vessels were damaged, but there w-ere no casualties. The Ceramic’s passengers were transferred to a liner which responded to a call.
HOMES IN CANADA. Received August 14, 11.30 a.m. OTTAAVA, Aug. 13. The formation is announced of a National Advisory Committee to assist in placing English children. The movement of such children may assume considerable importance in the near future. Over 20,000 homes have already been offered while, if necessary, Ottawa alone is capable of receiving 50,000. At present it is proposed that the children become wards of the Crown before leaving England. Hitherto 4000 children have arrived in Canada, mostly privately arranged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 219, 14 August 1940, Page 8
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147MARINE COLLISION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 219, 14 August 1940, Page 8
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