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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS. Colonel N. W. B. B. Thorns, commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, who was formerly a member oF the New Zealand Staff „ Corps.

New Zealand Herald

8 October 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Press

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER CORPS

Evening Star

11 March 1931

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DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI.

Timaru Herald

11 March 1931

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SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT IN SHANGHAI: VOLUNTEER CORPS MEMBERS DISARMED BY JAPANESE In violation of the international agreement, Japanese marines have disarmed members of tho Shanghai Volunteer Corps. Soldiers of the corps are here seen patrolling city streets in an armoured car during trouble on a former occasion.

New Zealand Herald

21 August 1937

REMARKABLE COMMAND

Poverty Bay Herald

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER

Ashburton Guardian

11 March 1931

Southland Times

11 March 1931

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New Zealand Officer’s Important Command

Manawatu Times

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI DEFENCE

Evening Post

2 September 1932

STRANGE VOLUNTEER FORCE

Taranaki Daily News

11 March 1931

STRANGE COMMAND.

Auckland Star

11 March 1931

SPORT IN SHANGHAI

Manawatu Times

18 November 1926

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SPORT IN SHANGHAI.

New Zealand Herald

13 November 1926

NINETEEN NATIONALITIES.

New Zealand Herald

15 May 1925

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SOLDIERS OF MANY LANDS.

Auckland Star

14 June 1932

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SOLDIERS OF MANY LANDS

Poverty Bay Herald

21 June 1932

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SOLDIERS OF MANY LANDS.

Western Star

5 July 1932

LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMS

Nelson Evening Mail

11 March 1931

ALL-NATIONS CORPS

Dominion

12 March 1931

New Zealand Officer’s Important Command

Horowhenua Chronicle

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS

Evening Post

11 March 1931

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS

Wanganui Chronicle

11 March 1931

Colonel Thoms Honoured

Waipukurau Press

11 March 1931

OMINOUS HAPPENINGS.

Horowhenua Chronicle

7 October 1931

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SHANGHAI DEFENCE

Taranaki Daily News

5 September 1932

SHANGHAI VOLUTEERS

Hawera Star

11 March 1931

COSMOPOLITAN TROOPS

Northern Advocate

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Herald

11 March 1931

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS

Otago Daily Times

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS

Greymouth Evening Star

11 March 1931

TRAINING IN SHANGHAI.—Left: Machine gunners of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps at the Volunteer Barracks, Shanghai. Right: A platoon of Shanghai Infantry Volunteers during a route marching competition at Shanghai. Volunteers of the Armoured Car Company are seen on the right. These men are some of Colonel N. W. B. Thom’s force. Colonel Thom, before taking up his duties in Shanghai well-known in military circles in Christchurch.

Star (Christchurch)

2 February 1932

SHANGHAI CORPS.

Ashburton Guardian

23 January 1931

SHANGHAI DEFENCE

Otago Daily Times

9 September 1932

VOLUNTEER CORPS DISARMED

Press

21 August 1937

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DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI. Colonel N. W. B. B. Thorns, a former member of the New Zealand Staff Corps, •who is commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

New Zealand Herald

9 February 1932

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VOLUNTEER CORPS

New Zealand Herald

26 August 1937

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS.

Waikato Times

16 December 1933

Stampede in Shanghai

Manawatu Times

8 October 1931

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FEARS OF CHINESE

Wanganui Chronicle

8 October 1931

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COLONEL THOMS RETIRES.

Auckland Star

28 December 1933

SHANGHAI COMMAND

Evening Post

6 January 1934

LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMS

Nelson Evening Mail

23 January 1931

FORCES IN CHINA.

Timaru Herald

26 January 1931

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COLONEL THOMS GIVEN SHANGHAI APPOINTMENT.

Star (Christchurch)

23 January 1931

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A MIXED COMMAND

Hokitika Guardian

11 March 1931

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SHANGHAI DEFENCE

Nelson Evening Mail

24 September 1932

COLONEL THOMS RETIRES

Press

9 January 1934

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SOLDIERS OF MANY LANDS

Feilding Star

20 June 1932

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SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS.—One of the most difficult tasks has been the exclusion of panic-stricken Chinese refugees from the International Settlement, and much of the duty has been performed by members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. These pictures show men and officers (right) of the Scottish section of the corps parading for duty.

Southland Times

2 November 1937

ARMED PROTECTION OF BUSINESS HOUSES IN SHANGHAI An armoured car of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps on duty outside the Hongkong and Shanghai Sank, the Bund. Note the sandbags piled against the building.

Otago Daily Times

17 September 1937

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COLONEL THOMS RETIRES.

Star (Christchurch)

30 December 1933

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NEW ZEALAND OFFICER'S APPOINTMENT.

Press

24 January 1931

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During the fighting round Shanghai, one of the most difficult tasks has been the exclusion of ponic-stricken hordes of Chinese refugees from the International Seamen and much of the duty in this respect has been performed by members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. These pictures show men and officers (right) of the Scottish section of the corps parading for duty.

Dominion

30 October 1937

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Grey River Argus

12 March 1931

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CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI

Feilding Star

15 September 1932

NO PLACE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.

Horowhenua Chronicle

23 August 1933

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No Place for New Zealanders

Manawatu Times

24 August 1933

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Auckland Star

7 October 1931

DEFENCE OF SHANGHAI ' Colonel. N. W. B. B. Thorns, D.5.0., a former New Zealander in of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, who is to retir* on December 17.

New Zealand Herald

2 December 1933

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DANGEROUS MISSION

Evening Star

30 March 1932

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DANGEROUS MISSION.

Western Star

5 April 1932

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NO WORK IN SHANGHAI

Gisborne Times

24 August 1933

NO WORK IN SHANGHAI

Poverty Bay Herald

23 August 1933

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WORK IN SHANGHAI

Wairarapa Daily Times

23 August 1933

Southland Times

24 August 1933

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FORCES IN CHINA

Evening Post

7 October 1931

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LIEUT-COLONEL N. THOMS, a member of the New Zealand Staff Corps, who was recently mentioned as the officer in command of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

Auckland Star

24 March 1932

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LIEUT.-COLONEL N. THOMS, a member of the New Zealand Staff Corps, who was recently mentioned as the officer in command of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

Manawatu Standard

28 March 1932

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Waikato Times

23 January 1931

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NEW MILITARY POST

Dominion

24 January 1931

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SHANGHAI, THE CHINESE STORM-CENTRE.—Top left, the famous Bund at Shanghai, the big building with the tower being the new Cathay Hotel. Top right, another view of the Bund, with the Customs House (with clock) and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank beside it. Bottom left, looking across the Soochow Creek towards Hongkow. The buildings in the foreground are those of the Shanghai General Hospital. Bottom right, the Shanghai Scottish, Regiment on parades. They form a unit of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

Manawatu Times

8 February 1932

SHANGHAI THE CHINESE STORM-CENTRE.—Top left, the famous Bund at Shanghai, the big building with the tower being the new Cathay Hotel. Top right; another view of the Bund, with the Customs House (with clock) and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank beside it. Bottom left, looking across the Soochow Creek towards Hongkew. The buildings in the foreground are those of the Shanghai General Hospital Bottom right, the shanghai Scottish Regiment on parade. They form a unit of .the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

Taranaki Daily News

9 February 1932

NOT ENOUGH JOBS.

Auckland Star

14 September 1932

NO WORK IN SHANGHAI

New Zealand Herald

15 September 1932

A DANGEROUS MISSION.

New Zealand Herald

23 March 1932

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A DANGEROUS MISSION

Poverty Bay Herald

26 March 1932

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A DANGEROUS MISSION

Taranaki Daily News

30 March 1932

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Ashburton Guardian

23 August 1933

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LIFE IN SHANGHAI.

Auckland Star

23 August 1933

Feilding Star

23 August 1933

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NEW ZEALANDERS WARNED

Hawera Star

23 August 1933

Hawke's Bay Tribune

23 August 1933

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WARNING ISSUED.

Manawatu Standard

23 August 1933

WARNING TO NEW ZEALANDERS

Nelson Evening Mail

23 August 1933

NO CHANCE OF EMPLOYMENT

Stratford Evening Post

23 August 1933

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Thames Star

24 August 1933

CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI

Wanganui Chronicle

24 August 1933

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NEW ZEALANDERS WARNED

Taranaki Daily News

24 August 1933

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Waipukurau Press

23 August 1933

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REFUGEES IN THE INTERN ATIONAL SETTLEMENT at Shanghai under the protection of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps which has done much good work in keeping, as far as possible, the horrors of war from the civilian population.

Evening Star

22 December 1937

COLONEL THOMS RETIRES

Nelson Evening Mail

10 January 1934

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WORK AT SHANGHAI

Northern Advocate

14 September 1932

SHANGHAI VOLUNTEERS.

New Zealand Herald

24 January 1931

Gisborne Times

15 September 1932

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NO JOBS IN SHANGHAI

Hawera Star

14 September 1932

WARNING TO NEW ZEALANDERS

Hawke's Bay Tribune

14 September 1932

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WORK UNOBTAINABLE IN SHANGHAI.

Horowhenua Chronicle

14 September 1932

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CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI.

Manawatu Standard

14 September 1932

Work Unobtainable in Shanghai

Manawatu Times

15 September 1932

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