BENDIGO’S SKIPPER PRAISES MIGRANTS
“ABOVE THE AVERAGE.” United Press Association —By Elcctrie Telegraph—Copyright. Received Monday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, Aug. 19. j The steamer Bendigo reached Sydney to-day. Captain Wyatt expressed the opinion that the migrants aboard were above the average. This is in answer to charges made by Mr. Collingwood Hughes, ex-member of the House of Commons, whose criticisms of the migrants created a stir when the ship was at Fremantle. It is understood Mr. Hughes is proceeding to New Zealand. He is suffbring from insomnia and refuses to make a statement on the recent happenings.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6993, 20 August 1929, Page 7
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96BENDIGO’S SKIPPER PRAISES MIGRANTS Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6993, 20 August 1929, Page 7
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