PRISONERS OF WAR
ARRIVAL AT BELFAST FROM EUROPE Recd. 6 p.m. Rugby, M.av 27. A huge crowd assembl'd at Bel fad docks, where th? liner Gripsholm. with renalriatad prisoners of war and protected personnel docked just b?for? 5 nm. to-day. She was gailv decorated and the diin a terrific welcome. When the C-wcrnor of Northern Ireland arrived, ih? band of the It aval Irish FudPers nl iyetl “God Save th' 4 King." and 'll? men aboard th? ship, crow le. l • n Ih? decks and lifeboats, stood at att?nl ion. Th? Prime Minister of Northern Upland was received with applause IToni shin and shore when he made a '-hurt speech. A we'com? message Gp”f '-.-l F : -e n vpr W a = read: •■t w n-v, | n x'nn'i tn '-o'i ■/]•?di '-s "nd best wish?' on hch'il" n r the \ me, nrr*" ! force® in Ib° Eiro“fan then!’’? of narration®. Wr '••'-'h for vmi th? hsV'nv horn? coming which An official narh- then went on hoard, aft?’' ”.h’rh th? mm drem-1-nrkrd ?”<’ « •?i e served with a buffet mc.nl. 8.0.W
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 126, 29 May 1944, Page 5
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