DUTCH LINER TO BE HOSPITAL SHIP
(Received February 10, 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 10. Mr T. Elink Schuurman, ConsulGeneral in Australia for the Netherlands Government, announced that the new 20,000-ton motor-ship, Orange, of the Royal Dutch Mail Line, has been handed over to the British Government for use as a hospital ship to convey New Zealand and Australian troops from the Middle East. OFFER ACCEPTED WITH GRATITUDE (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, February 10. When the cable about the Netherlands hospital ship was referred to the Prime Minister (Mr P. Fraser) tonight he said the New Zealand Government had accepted the offer with gratitude. The Commonwealth Government had also accepted it.
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Southland Times, Issue 24357, 11 February 1941, Page 5
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