Mark Baber
RIP
The West Australian, 12 December 1925
Retrieved from the National Library of Australia web site,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
VEDIC AT ALBANY
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Albany, Dec. 11
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The White Star liner Vedic arrived at noon to-day from Liverpool via
Capetown. The vessel is the first of the line to carry third-class
passengers only, and the accommodation was fully booked to the number of
750. One hundred passengers landed at Albany, having made the trip with
Government assistance. They were met by the Immigration Officer (Mr.
Croweour) [?] and left by the evening's train for Perth. The Vedic was know
[sic] as the "democratic ship," and this is her first run to Australia. She
cleared for the Eastern States at 5 p.m.
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Retrieved from the National Library of Australia web site,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
VEDIC AT ALBANY
---
Albany, Dec. 11
---
The White Star liner Vedic arrived at noon to-day from Liverpool via
Capetown. The vessel is the first of the line to carry third-class
passengers only, and the accommodation was fully booked to the number of
750. One hundred passengers landed at Albany, having made the trip with
Government assistance. They were met by the Immigration Officer (Mr.
Croweour) [?] and left by the evening's train for Perth. The Vedic was know
[sic] as the "democratic ship," and this is her first run to Australia. She
cleared for the Eastern States at 5 p.m.
-30-