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MISSIONARIES IN CHINA A cablegram from Chinn anmaimed the. capture by bandits of seviiai fnri lior missionaries. They in rinded Mr. mill Alls. Port eons. two Ii iti.ii m issinna rie-. mnl Miss Xina. ( IcllllM<-i 1 . all A merii an missionary. In rt'S| nitise to a cable iii(|iiiiy, llm to',.' .1. \\ . K oni |>. of llto I >apl ist, Ta'’eernaele, Auckland. who is at present, visiting (lisborne. received a reply today from the China Inland Mission, atfthanghai. still in,” : "British Minister pressing for release oi Mr. and Mrs. I*nrti'nns.” Mr. K <•! 111» lias liri'ii | H‘isi >i i;i Ily annuainled with Mr. (’nitrous for many 'real's. Hr mine in contact. with him at Hawick. Seolhnul. when holding a mission there 25 years ago. Mr. Port ecus has beets a missionary in China for the nasi 20 years. lie was bitterly stationed at Ynatiehow, w'est of Kiungsi. Mr. and Mrs. I’m I nous wore captured by the same hand that waif responsible fnr the recent numlcr of three Finnish missionaries.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17235, 15 April 1930, Page 8
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