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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1219, 3 June 1919, Page 6

The Sydney Sun of March i 6 publishes hd article from London on the work of the Light Horse, in which complimentary reference is made to Briga-dier-Ceneral Sir Edward Chayter. of New Zealand. It says: "Perhaps he has been the finest divisional commander of the war. A clean, honest soldier a great leader or men, the Light Horse was proud lo serve under Chaytor." There are several natives of Syria resident in Wellington, whose relatives in Syria have suffered cruelly under Turkish rule during (he war period. Among Ihesi; :s Mrs Noon. of Coiirlen.iy Place, who has recently had word from her sister, who resides a few miles from Iteirul. The letter records Ihe death of Mrs Noon's father and mother, her brother and his wife, and other relatives, all from starvation, consequent upon the Turkish soldiers commandeering everything in the nature «*r rood, owing lo (he war, Ihe cultivation or the rural lands had been negleebid. and what food there was was I iken by (lie. Turks. Such was Ihe dire plight or Ihe people Ihat blocks or land were offered by owners in return for enougu rood (o keep (hem alive Tor a few flays, but without result, and whole villages perished through starvation as the result of the depredations or the Turkish forces. The Syrian people hope Ihat the country will be governed Tor the future by Ihe Hrilish, for Ihe Turks were always the oppressors or the Christian people within the Moslem Empire.

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