The Archive · 1939

The Rev. G. W. Shepherd, the New

Zealander who holds the post of adviser to the New Life Movement, left Chungking on January 10. by' air for Hongkong, from where he expects to take a trans-Pacifte plane to Amer-fea. Tt is understood that he is entrusted with a special mission to raise funds for China relief. Mr. Shepherd is expected to. be absent for four months. He has been a familiar [gute in Chux t gatherings of the New Life ts and other. functions of that nature. the foreground of the photograph were Interned Chinese Tries To Escape Hongkong, Jan, 10. A Chinese soldier' was shot and seriously wounded by an Indian guard last night while attempting to escape from a camp in Kowloon where Chinese troops who retreated into British territory during the recent Sino-Japanese hostilities near the border are being interned. This is the second case of attempted escape in a fortnight and it is understood that the men interned in the camp are growing more restive. Reuter.

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