SERVICE IN CHINA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 2

SERVICE IN CHINA

NEW ZEALAND DOCTORS TRYING EXPJ RIENCES HONG: News has been p ec g H. Maaka and Dr. T. _ ed t ’ hat G . from New Zealand, w’ K Watson , botn missing after being tr ( we , re repor ted China, are safe. The t ed in central here in August on thc 0 doc tors came zones for service to C to lhe war They went to Chengc] ina . s WOU nded. respectively in and lchang ed at their posts evei, er and remain . proach of the Japanes when the ap . cities closer to the fl p i ac e d the twe When the position i, b£ j n g areas came too dangerous,’ Chengchow’ beordered to leave his Dr Maaka was for Hongkong via F’ t and set out Communication by , nch i ndo -China. British colony had rail with the Japanese invasion ot en cut by the had to undertake a Canton s 0 he lengthy overland jot arduous and cart, waggon, and on ney by bu!lock adventures he arrived, ot A£ter mally nobbed of all his in jjahoi, being clothes by Chinese r p ossessions and Dr. Watson fared F negad es although isolated at- bG better and the air raids were th Ichang w here whole war, he stri e beav j es£ o f [ b e Tientsin, where cab ck overland l 0 rival in the northc, news o£ his ar . been received He. n t has just to Hongkong by sh’ wiu shortly come Meanwhile, Dr. ing been cabled L aaka money hav . hong has him £rom H ong-Indo-China and b ere by ship from unteered for ser nas j mme diately volwar area. He is } ice in tbe Hongkong car and us£ng a borrowed refugees and • £be thousands ot have sought sl vounded so i d j ers who during the hf anc tuary in Hongkong It is underst</ b£ j n g ear j y this month, leave for N f jod that both doctors will early in Zealand by the Nankin nuary.