AN HEROIC VENTURE
RESCUING A GIRL FROM TRIBESMEN. KING HONOURS A WOMAN MISSIONARY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 27. The King and Queen have sent the following message to the Viceroy:—“We learned with fne deepest interest and admiration of Mrs Starr’s service in the rescue of Miss Ellis. We share in the feeling of horror which the brutal crime in Konat gave rise to, but we are greatly relieved to know that Mrs Starr's heroic endeavour has been crowned with success. The fearless devotion with which she carried through her rescue will long be an encouragement and an inspiration.” The King has awarded Mrs Starr the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
Mi’S Starr is a European lady doctor attached to the Peshawar Medical Mission,- who heroically volunteered, under an Atridi escort, to get into touch with the rebels and to minister to Miss Ellis’s needs. She was given every assistance by the tribesmen on the journey to Tirah.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18849, 30 April 1923, Page 7
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