CREW DISGUSTED TREATMENT BY DUTCH
AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS Sydney, Jan.
Thirty-three Australians who volunteered to sail the Dutch freighter Van der Lijn from Sydney to Batavia last December during the waterside union's black ban on Dutch ships have returned to Sydney disgusted with heir treatment.
One of the volunteers. Nelson R. Robinson, said that up to the time the Van de Lijn sailed from Sydney, on December 3, they had received excelent treatment, but three days out at ea they began to receive poor food—nainly tinned meat and vegetables. Said Robinson: "We received a cigirette ration of poor quality Dutch igarettes and did not get any beer for Christmas. The ship’s officers received ;ood food and ample supplies of beer ind cigarettes. When we berthed in Tatavia we had to eat from a mess able next to sheep pens on the docks. “On New Year's Eve the captain .ent for Dutch troops. They came on toard with drawn guns. The officers irdered the troops to shoot any Australians who came on board drunk, he troops did not trust Australians."
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Wanganui Chronicle, 24 February 1947, Page 5
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