Lieut. T. A. Peacocke, of Singapore Garrison, May Have Had Skiing Accident: Search Proceeding Tokyo, Mar. 22.
Much anxiety has been aroused here over the fate of Lieut. T. A. Peacocke, attached to the Sist Heavy Battery at Singapore, who has completely' disappeared since the middle of January. It is feared he met with an ageldent while skiing at Shigakogen, in Nagano prefecture.
He arrived in Tokyo on January' 14 and later left on a skiing trip to Nikko and Shigakogen. His plan was to catch the P. & O. liner Com-form from Yokohama on February 23 for Singapore.
The disappearance of the emeer was first noted when the management of the Toho Hotel in Tokyo! drew the attention of the police to] the fact that Lieut. Peacocke's Iuggage had not been claimed.
Investigations by the police and the British Embassy falled to trace the officer's whereabouts. Ail the Embassy official discovered was that Lieut. Peacocke had registered at the Kanaya Hotel in Nikko in the middle of January, after which his movements were unknown, assis{ the local Japanese authorities to clear up. the mysterious disappearance of Lieut. Peacocke.
"The Japanese authorities, with the! id of local boy scouts, are energetic. lly combing the district in search of the British affeer.
in view, however, of the fact that he left his trunk and hotel account unpaid at the Hot Springs Hotel at Hoppi and falled to claim his letters atthe Nagano Post Omee, Liew Peacocke Is feared to have bee overwhelmed by one of the many avalanches on the Shiga Plateau at the end of January.—Reuter, Separates From Companions Dr. F. Wilhelm, who spent several weeks in that section of Japan, yesterday to the *North-China News," that the missing officer was tone of a party of three from Singapore, who went to Japan for a win-for holiday. Lieut. Peacocke, who was considered an excellent' skier, left his friends and proceeded alone to u place named Hobbo, where conditions for the sport was reported Recently a cable was received from! the British authorities.in Singapore stating that the officer had not ree turned and enquiring regarding his. whereabout
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