ARRIVAL FROM BRITAIN.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN-
Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4. A party of about 30 women and children from Britain arrived at New Plymouth in a liner to-night to 6tay in New Zealand for the duration of the war. Many are New Zealanders who have left their husbands in Britain. There were 151 women and children, some of whom were babies of a few months, aboard the ship whe.n she left Britain, but about 120 left the ship in Australia. The remainder will disembark at New Plymouth for various destinations in the Dominion. These reported an uneventful voyage, except for one time a few day 6 beiore the escorting ships left the convoy when the passengers were ordered below. They saw nothing, but they believed a submarine had been sighted, for depth charges were dropped.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 238, 5 September 1940, Page 6
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138ARRIVAL FROM BRITAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 238, 5 September 1940, Page 6
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