100 MISSIONARIES

Grey River Argus, 1 May 1944, Page 2

100 MISSIONARIES

RESCUED IN NEW GUINEA. BY AMERICANS. (Rec. 11.10) SYDNEY, April 30. One hundred Missionaries, including forty Nuns, were rescued by the American invasion forces at Hoilandia. They had suffered severe privations and several of them had to be carried on litters. The official announcement of their release does not specify whether the Missionaries have been the captives of the Japanese, or have been hiding in hills. '

The Missionaries include thirteen Americans, seven Dutch, three Poles, one Australian and one Czechoslovakian, and the remainder are Germans. They were originally stationed at the mission centres along the north coast of New Guinea. ‘‘The rescue of these Christian workers seems to have been an especially beneficient act,of Providence,” said General MacArthur.