New Zealand Officer’s Important Command
SHANGHAI’S REMARKABLE VOLUNTEER CORPS. United Press Association.—By Electri? Telegraph.—Copyright. Received "Wednesday, 1.30 a.m. SHANGHAI, March 10. Lieutenant-Colonel Thoms, of the New Zealand Staff Corps, arrived today to -take over the command of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps vice Brigadier Orpen Palmer retired. The new commandant controls the most extraordinary volunteer force m tho world consisting of British, American, Russian and Chinese'companies. It is supportedl by the municipal council to the extent of £40,000 per annum. This is the first occasion on which command has been given to a colonial officer.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 5597, 11 March 1931, Page 7
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