MARINES, ture of the 12th Battalion for Home Per Str. Mantua A great and fitting send-off was! recorded. to the 12th Battalion Royal Marines who left Shanghai for Home on Tuesday by the Trans-ort Mantua, chartered by the British Government from the P. & 0 8. N, Ca. The ship left Holt's wharf st 1 pam. but long before th: hour General Duncan and saft, the and of the Beds. and Herts., many officers end men' of the remaining' regiments and a number of civilians' assembled to bid farewell to. the departing Marines. Corporal Duncan, undefeated boxing champion, was-the centre of a Inrge crowd of admirers and many were the handshakes and cheers accorded him before he finally went on board. Capt. Dixon, of Holt's Wharf, had arrang-edu wonderful send-off in the way of crackers, The wharf was a mass of them und when the last rope was.cast away, the din commenced. 'The noise was deafening and not content with this, Capt. Dixon had two tugs follow the vessel until sho} was in midstream and fully under~ way, These tugs were loaded with' crackers and those in the vicinity who.were not aware of the occasion ey Orricens oF THE must have thought that a battle was proceeding. With the band playing popular airs and then "Auld Long Syne" to the accom. paniment "of the cracking crackers, the ship moved slowly from the wharf taking away men who had for the most part, been billeted on the Pootung side and who had not, perhaps, entered the life of Shang: hai vas much as. those men of} nts stationed in the heart of They had, however, been extensively entertained various organizations which were: formed with the idea of makiniz the stay of the troops as congenial as possible and many were the com-piiments showered on those respon Bible for the many entertainments fand festivities inaugurated for the
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