REINFORCEMENTS FOR KOREA

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26671, 4 March 1952, Page 7

REINFORCEMENTS FOR KOREA

N.Z. TROOPS MARCH THROUGH SYDNEY

(Rec. 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 3. In spite of light rain, an estimated crowd of 60,000 watched Australian and New Zealand troops march through the heart of Sydney early this afternoon on their way to embark aboard the transport Devonshire for Japan and Korea. It was the first such march of embarking troops since World War I. The marchers consisted of about 1250 officers and men of the First Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment and 145 New Zealand artillery reinforcements. The men were headed by the battalion band and by the regimental mascot, Septimus, a Shetland pony. The Australians marched with fixed and were followed by the New Zealanders, who were unarmed. At the Town Hall, the salute was taken by the Governor-General (Sir William McKell) supported by the Chief of the General Staff (LieutenantGeneral S. Rowell) ahd the General Officer Commanding Eastern Command (Lieutenant-General V. C. Secombe).

Suspects In U.S. Burglary.—The police to-day ordered the arrest on sight of a blonde woman and her four male companions as prime suspects in the 2,500,000 dollars burglary at the home of the millionaire, Mr Laverne Redfield. The five were believed to be heading for San Francisco in two cars with the proceeds of the burglary, which was the largest in American history.—-New York, March 2.