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RETURN FROM KM I MAI TWO YOUNG MEN rangitane passengers 1 he first survivors of the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner RarigitaiK\ one of the raider victims in the 1 acific, reached Auckland Yesterday. They were Mr. A. C. Millar," of Invercargill, and Mr. A. G. Williams, of Hauera, two young men who were on their way to Rritain to train with the l*leet Air Arm, when the Itangitane was intercepted. Both looking extremely fit, and carrying a few souvenirs of their enforced stay on Emirau Island, where the raider dropped them, the two young men arrived from Sydney by the flyingboat Awarua. In a kit that carried most of his belongings, Mr. Williams had a cup that ho had made from a coconut shell on the island. Ho also* produced a vast sunhat that he had picked up during his wanderings since he left New Zealand. The two companions were delighted to be back in New Zealand. They had also thoroughly enjoyed their Tasman flight, the first occasion on which either of them had flown. Owing to the fact that tliey are under naval orders, nud subject to naval discipline, neither was able to describe his experiences in an interview. Messrs. Millar and Williams reported to the naval authorities in Auckland, and left for the south last night.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23861, 11 January 1941, Page 11
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