Butterfield "& "Swire, been transferred to the firm's Yokohama office, and left Shanghai for his new post by the str. Macedonia, Mansuat, Sun Chuan-fang, the Allied army commander, has telegraphed to the local Chinese officials and public organizations: thanking them for their hearty] "welcome and entertainment during {im short period he was in Shang-
Cotonet, Burnett, appointed Milit ary Attache to the American Embassy in Tokyo, accompanied by Mrs. Burnett, sailed from San Francisco fon the' transport Thomas, for Manila er route to Japan, "They will arrive in Tokyo early in Tanuary, SenckANt P. O'Connor, of the Royal Artillery, stationed at, Lyemun, Hongkong, was found lying dead in the grounds of the Military Hospital, Bowen Road, on December, 10." In'some way, the unfortunate man must have fallen from the verandah of the hospital where Was a ward patient, but circumstances could not be ance tained, ax ro one witnessed th Ma. P. W. F. Mills, formerly of Messrs, Butterfield & Swire, Hong- Re Kong, who arrived by the str. Antenor to join the Shanghai office of the firm, will be missed by the Hongkong Hockey Club, nays the "hongkong Daily Press". He had acted as secretary to the Hockey Club, and as a player he was consistently good. The Club will have jame difficulty to find +his equal as goalkeeper.
At St. John's Cathedral, Hong-Kong on December 9 the marriage took place of Mr. L, H. V. Booth (Assistant Director" of Criminal "Yntelligence). The bride was given in marriage by Mr. D. Burlingham, Dap, and attended by Mrs, L. Scott; while Miss Jackie Scott was the flower girl and the duties. of est man were carried out by Lieut +K. J. Riddell, of WINS. Titania, Mu, Edwin S. Cunningham, the U.S. Consul-General, is. receiving gratulations upon his promo tion to the position of Consul General, Class 1. This information was received in Shanghai on Saturday in a cable from the State Department and Mr. Cunningham took the requisite oath of office on that day, the appointment becoming immediately effective. This promotion is the highest possible rank in the U.S. Consular Servic Dn. W. W. Yen, the newly appointed Chinese Minister to Great Britain, who will carry the title of "Ambassador, $s reported by the Chinese press to have notified his staff that he proposes shortly to leave for London to assume his ost, which has been in the hands of the Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Chu "Chao-hsin, for the last three years. since Dr.' Wellington Koo returned to China, Dr. Koo has been appointed Minister to Spain, Matthew Nathan, formerly] Governor of Hongkong, and now en route for Home on' retirement from the Governorship of Queens. and, Australi Hongkong by Talamba. Sir Matthew, who had been staying at Govern: is arrival in.falsand then Honkows Tentin Colony, proposes to visit Shang-
Peking, before proceeding to Japan) where he will stay for. a while before continuing his journey to Eng-"land ' wid: the United, States and Lapy Chater. *trned to Hongkong in the M. M.. Amboise.
Ins. L. R. Burkhardt was among Pasoengers leaving for Marseilles by the BIN. M.S. Paul Locat.
Mr. W. Pimley, manager of the Commercial Pacific Cable Ca, has Just returned to Shanghai after an absence of several months, Me, F. J. Schuhl, of Messrs. Schuhl &-Schoenfeld, is sailing for Kobe by the str. Nagasaki Maru on Tuesday to meet Mrs. Schuhl, who is retaming from America.
Ma. and Mrs. Parker are arriving in Shanghai by str. President Taft. Mr. Parker is Assistant General Manager of the Standard Oil Ca, Hongkong.
Bisuor L. H. Roots, of the 'American Church' Mission, resident. jin Hankow, arrived on ' Tuesday by the str. President Jefferson. J.T. Proctor, of the American Baptist Mission, is another of the Mr. H. B. Gallop, manager the American Paper Exports, In returned to Shanghai the by str. President Jefferson.
On the same boat are Dr.
R. L. Sutton and Judge Leonard Waddell who expect to get some good hunting in Indo-China sand the Federated Malay States, A farewell dinner will be' given! to Mr. Cyril Champkin, Assistant Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, by' the Boy Scouts Association on Fri day, January 15, at the Taikoo Mess, by kind permission of Me, T. Il, R. Shaw, Mr. Champkin has been doing excellent work for the Association during his stay Shanghai and it is hoped that ever Scout Councillor will do his bert to attend this dinner.
A double wedding, of which the Hindsay officiated took, place in the Wesleyan Church at Wanchai, on Hongkong, Decembe: 12 The two bridegrooms working at a lonely mission at Chao Tong Fu, Yunnan, West China, took 37 days to reach Hongkong, 15 days being spent in travelling overland by chair and the rest in coming down the Yangtsze River and the sea trip from Shanghai. The brides had come out from England.
A pretty wedding took place at St. John's Cathedral, "Hongkong, on December 12, when' Mr. Charles Strange, Inspector, Sanitary De partment, was married to" Mi Florence Mabel Harris of Brighton, the Rev. T. B. Powell officiating The bride, was given away by Mr. H. E. Strange. Mrs. H. E. Strange was the matron of honour, Misses Dorothy Watson and Norma Blake were the train bearers, and Mr. Watson best. us formerly" assigned to} Mukden, has been detailed by the Department of State to the Amer ican Consulate-General at Shanghai and is expected to arrive before the end of the year. Mr. Thomas is from Rochester, New York, was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1916 at the age of 24, and served in the U.S. Army from June, 1916, to May, 1919, retiring a: a lieutenant. Mr. Thomas _has Foreign Service Officer Calcutta and Mukden. He was detailed to Mukden on October 23, 1924, from which place has been transferred to Shang-
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