MANY FAMILIES STRANDED.
SHIPPING MUDDLE STOPS EMIGRATION. ■-■'•-' LONDON, March 8. --More than 12,000 people, mostly married couples with families, anxious to sail' for Australia and New Zealand, are detained m London because their ships. : are either delayed m dock or lying m the river to provide storage room. On" promise of being able to .get accommodation, it 'fe fituteUi-anany of the families sold up their Jioriies and are )iow stranded. More than 1.000 passengers ;whp ! had- 'been notified .that a boat - \yas expected to 'leave,; last week arrived iiiyLoridoh only to bo told- that lb© sailing liad been postponed indefinitely^ ; ;■.: , .., .; ;. v - : . , , . ... ■--. . ' I :" wmmoamttmmmmmmmmmrimm •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 8
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103MANY FAMILIES STRANDED. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 8
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