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The Dutch
SOME 130 Dutch servicemen and civil ians left Brisbane for Holland by the “Bloemfontein” on Friday, July 5.
Brisbane’s farewell to representatives of this loyal ally was as cold as its July weather. Still, many families of Brisbane had formed a lasting friendship with Dutch servicemen, who had expressed re gret on leaving the Queensland capital.
Only persons on the Pinkenba wharf were Customs officials. As the waterside workers had refused to work Dutch ships, men, women and children were forced to load their own baggage.
Dutch ships are still tied up in Brisbane owing to waterside workers refusing to
handle them.-