BATTLE AND SPORT
BOOK OF THE DA Y
wa auu mu; ori/ivi Bom to Trouble. By Patrick Alexander. Robert Hale Ltd. 250 pp. (12/6 net.) Not yet battle-weary in 1919, Alexander went out to serve on the North West Frontier, where the hill tribes were In fighting mood. When he had played his part in quelling it. he transferred to Political Intelligence and then to police. A special mission to Malaya led to his taking a new police £ost there. T n Singapore he encoun*rea queer and dangerous customers •“revolutionary agents, gangsters, traders in vice, and pirates, including the chief cut-throat of Byas Bay, Szo Ong Fu. From his contests’ with criminals, Alexander found relief in the jungles of Johoro, where ho xnatchcd his wits and strength against tiger, panther, and boar. Danger is t his life, and he writes of it with zest and humour.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23798, 18 November 1942, Page 2
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