TWINS IN NEW LAND.
Twins, aged 16, whose grandfathers were beheaded during the Boxer rising in China at the beginning of the century, arrived at Wellington a few days ago. They were David and Archard Dixon, who have come all the way from the Yangtze Valley in China to settle on farms in the Dominion, David at Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, and Archard at .Banks Peninsula. Both were born in China, but were educated in England. Their grandfathers were missionaries during the Boxer rising and suffered the fate of many others.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 158, 4 June 1935, Page 2
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91TWINS IN NEW LAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 158, 4 June 1935, Page 2
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