SEEKING NEW HOME
EUROPEAN REFUGEES ON WANGANELLA SOME HIGHLY QUALIFIED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 7. The~e was an international flavour about the Wanganella’s arrival, as her 320 passengers included 38 former inhabitants of Europe, five Russians forming portion of a theatrical company, and 10 Hindus. Foreigners from Europe seeking to settle permanently here comprised 13 Germans, 12 Czechs, 7 Poles, 2 Greeks, a Swede, and 2 Austrians. Five of the Hindus are returning, and the others have come to join relatives. The Europeans include a Doctor of Laws from Vienna, with his wife, and he is prepared to undertake any kind of work. The Czech is accompanied by his wife and three sons (19 years, 16, and 1 year). He brings £ISOO, and is able to read and write German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. One Pole has with him his wife and daughters (19 and 12 years), and a son (15). This man reads and writes German, Polish, and English. A Czech welder and engineer brings £4OO. He reads and writes English, German, French, and Polish. There is a glue manufacturer from Vienna and an engineer from Germany.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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191SEEKING NEW HOME Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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