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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 24 June 1943, Page 6

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POLISH IMMIGRANTS • WELLINGTON, This Day.—Recently a ship called at Wellington with 706 Polish refugees bound for Mexico. There were over 300 children, some of whom were orphans, and there were more than 300 women. The men were cither not of military age or were disabled and discharged soldiers who had fought in North Africa. There were six or seven teachers to conduct classes for children and a welcome gift from Wellington was a supply of pencils and paper which were short on board- Many children we*a Girl Guides and Boy Scouts- The ship carried two doctors, a number of aurses and a chaplain. Several cases of znals.ru were under treatment and none of the immigrants was permitted to land.—P.A. ALLIED BOMBING OFFENSIVE LONDON, June 23. —Allied planes based on North Africa and Malta concinue to pound Italy’s island bases and mainland. Wellingtons which carried out another raid on Salerno on the aight of 21st June re-started fires and □.creased the damage with a heavy load Df bombs, including two-ton ' blockbusters,” which shattered marshalling /ards and also exploded near barracks, starting big fires and several smaller >nes. Mosquito intruders attacked narshalling yards at Sibari, also Camiiatti and Licata. Tracks, locomotive aid station buildings were hit by :annon shells. It is revealed that learly half of the Naples Royal Arsenal va§ destroyed in raids on 20th and list June. Damage was also very leavy in the industrial district. Air* rame works at Breda were severely iamaged. Twenty-five hits were rejittered on the central station and swings and 10 hits on locomotive sheds, ind many goods trains were destroyed >r damaged. Hits were also observed m or among artillery barracks.—P.A. STATE LUNCHEON TO FREYBERG WELLINGTON, This Day.—At a State luncheon accorded him to-day ien. Freyberg talked of the administrative work of the 2nd N.Z.E.F., neasures taken for the men’s comfort md for care of the wounded.