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`THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 27, 1940

Gracle Fields has returned to London from France, after enter- taining the troops and the other day threw a party at the Dorches. ter. Hotel. Photo shows a study of Gracie at the party. (Copyright, Fox).

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New Zealanders are proud and gra- tified that the hero of many

MYSTERY OF THE SEA

A POLICE REPORT STATES THAT THE BODIES OF THREE MEN WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND IN THEIR BACKS, WERE FOUND THE WATER ON THURSDAY, ONE WAS DRIFTING OFF THE NINE PINS AND THE OTHER TWO WERE FOUND NEAR YUEŃ KWOK- TAU.

On Wednesday, a British warship had reported that an unlicenced cargo junk had been seen drifting off Wag-

lan.

The junk was empty at the time. The Police believe it likely that the Junk had been robbed and that the bodies found were those of the fokis of the junk.

ANTI-WAR IN HANKOW

Chungking, To-day.

Anti-war feelings are reported to be running high among the Japanese troops in Hankow.

Many arrests have been made and restaurants have been closed down for "harbouring anti-war elements."

A number of Japanese officers are reported to have committed -suicide:

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N.Z. PILOTS

London, To-day.

lar exploits during the last war, the 49-year-old Major-General B. C. ("Tiny") Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O., now Seventeen airmen from New Zea- commanding at Salisbury Plains, England, all in the early 20's and with land, is to lead the Dominion's over- seas forces.

the rank of acting Pilot Officer, ar- rived in England this week from the Dominion.

They will undergo further training R.A.F. before being posted to the active squadrons in the United King- fam-dom.-Reuter.

Although born in London in 1880, the new G.O.C. was educated for den- tistry at Wellington College, New Zea- land, and as a swimmer, oarsman, footballer, and boxer he became ous in Australia as well as here.

He found God's Own Country rather small, and went to America,

When the bigger show started: In. Europe this tall young man was fight ing as a member of General Villa's force against President Huerta.'

He left the cactus for England, where he jolded the Naval Brigade, taking part in the landing at Antwerp,

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KHO SIN-KIE MARRIED

- London, To-day. Kho Sin-kle, the Chinese Davis Cup lawn tennis star, yesterday tharried at Kensington Register Ofoe, the 20- year-old Jane Margaret Gordon Bul- four-Reuter.

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After having served in France, Frey-V.C. for bravery and brilliant leader- berg, with the rank of lieutenant-com- ship when he took the Hood battalion mander, went to Gallipoli with the of the Royal Naval Division in the at- naval force.

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tack on Beaumont Hamel, right through to the third objective, driving a wedge into the Germans': -position, which weakened their whole resis- tance.

- One-night,-when-preparations were being made to land a British force, he volunteered to deceive the enemy re- garding the position selected..

Staining his face, shoulders,

Freyberg then won a bar to the arms a dark colour so that he would D.S.O. for bravery during the capture two not easily be picked up by a search of Gheluvelt and a second bar light, he dropped overboard with bun- | months before the Armistice.for sav- dle of unlit coloured flares and a re-ing a bridge at Lessines. volver in a waterproof bag and swam With the rank of colonel, Freyberg ashore at Bulair.

was Assistant Quartermaster-General, Southern Command, from. 1931 to 1933, when he became General Staff Officer (first grade) at the War-Office.:

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Having lighted flares at three differ- ent points to lead the enemy to be- lieve that a large force had just land- ed, he 'dropped back into the water. He was the youngest man in the Bri- Through some misunderstanding, a | tish Army to hold the rank of Briga- boat which should have picked him up | dler-General.

was not there, and he had to swim In 1934 he was promoted · Major- about for two hours.

General, being the first "New Army" Next day the Turkish reserves re- officer who had risen from a tempor- mained near Bulair while British | ary war-time commission to that rank forces landed at the other end of the in the regular army. Peninsula. For this work he received the D.S.O.

Returning to. France, he won

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