NOTABLE MISSIONARY

Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1232, 29 May 1947, Page 4

NOTABLE MISSIONARY

MISS A. JAMES, M.B.E. Visit To Putaruru While most other missionaries in Coastal China were interned during the war years, Miss Annie James, of the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission staff, carried on with her workAdvised by the Consul-General at Canton in 1939 that if she did not move to Canton he could not accept any responsibility for her, she yet felt that only by remaining at her post could she do her duty as it ought to be done. On more than one occasion she found herself between the Chinese and Japanese Armies as they fought in battle. Sometimes when word of the advance of the Japanese was delayed she was prevented from being taken prisoner by the narrowest of margins. Once she made her escape from one side of a village at the very same time as the enemy were entering it on the other. A heavy shower of rain proved to he cover for her and her party as they made their escape, for had they been seen they would certainly have been tired on. For her courage in danger and her determination to continue her task—which included a great deal of medical work Miss James was given special recognition. His Majesty King George conferred on her tile Order of Membership of the British Empire. Miss James is almost at the end of a much-needed furlough and expects to sail again for China at an early date. She is to address a gathering in the Putaruru Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening, June 3-