unique vessel, the Hydroslider, its name being descriptive of its nature, left Shanghai on November 24 by the str. Waishing for Hankow where it will be used in an attempt to maintain quick and regular transportation service between Chungking and Ichang. The Hydroslider is a shallow draft craft, drawing about eight inches and driven by aeroplane propellers which can give it a speed of 32 miles an hour if necessary. With this new craft the Compagnie de Transport Aerians et Fluviaux clu Szechuen, a combination of French and Chinese capital, will carry out tests which may eventually lead to the _establishment of a regular service of such vessels between Chungking, Tchang and Chengtu.
Tap Resident Staff of the Shanghai General Hospital has been augmented by the arrival on Saturday of Miss E. K. Pape. grad-nate nurse of King's College Hospital, where for the past three years she has been radiographer to the noted radiologist, Dr. Robert Knox. She will take up the same duties in the X_Ray Department of the General Hospital. being associated with Dr. J. B. Fearn. Miss Pape saw active service in France and Malta during the War.
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