FRENCH SOLDIERS
RETURNING TO TAHITI, SERVICE IN NEW CALEDONIA. tPer United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 31. Forty-two French soldiers arrived from Sydney by the Maheno this morning on their way home to Tahiti. The little hand has been engaged for more than two years in quelling various native risings amongst Kanakas 'in New Caledonia. Amongst their number are three wounded, and they left one man in New Caledonia a victim of Kanaka treachery. Only two Frenchmen, one of whom is accompanied by his wife ajid child, are in the party. The remainder are native Tahitians. Accommodation has been found for the men in Auckland until the departure of the Talune, by which they return home.
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Southland Times, Issue 18916, 1 September 1920, Page 5
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115FRENCH SOLDIERS Southland Times, Issue 18916, 1 September 1920, Page 5
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