Interesting Reports and Lively Discussions The Annust General Meeting of the British Women's Association fag held on Wednesday afternoon 55 in Headquarters, with " fair aitendanee of members. The Chairman, Mrs,, T. Byrne, supported by Mrs. Sidney Barton, the Hon. President, and the members of the ing Executive Committee, presided. After the call for the meeting had been duly read the Chairman: said that she regretted to announce that Mrs. Brenan, presly willing to stand for relestion "on the committee, wa obliged to withdraw her name be cause of sudden change in her plans hich would take her out of Shanghai. Mrs, Byrne then explained the Ballots which had been previously distributed to members and went on to read her very interesting report which unfortunately, owing to prgssure on our space, can be reproduced only in part.' She sai Progress and Development Lam speaking to you now at the end of the fifth year of the Association's existence, and the record of the "past 12\'months is one of continual progress and development. We British women have every reason to feel proud of our Associa tion, and the position it now occopies in Shanghai, This was particularly emphasized ast sum-met, when the local authorities appealed to us for help during the troubled times in June, and we felt that we were privileged to be given the opportunity of shouldering our part of the burden, and thus helping in a small way in the problems that Shanghai had to face at that time.
This year, too, as proof of the recognized position that we now hold, we were honoured by being asked to send delegates to the Imperial Social Hygiene Congress, which took place at Wembley last October. This Congress was convened to discuss prob-Jems connected with matters of health and hygiene in the sea-ports of the Empire; inghurst and Mrs. Simms consented to act as our representatives on this occasion.
Another new development, and one that tends to strengthen the bonds existing between all British women inthe Far East, is a request that we received in May of last year from the British Women's As-of Yokohama, that we arrange some scheme of affiliation between their Association ud ours. A plan was evolved by which any of our members, passing through Yokohama, are allowed the privilege—on presentation of a card of introduction from Headquarters here—of using the Association's rooms during their stay that city; while a similar invita tion is issued to. the Yokohama members Visiting Shanghai.
ike application was received from the Tientsin. Worien's Club in December; but, owing to the face that their membership {san inter national one, while ours, as you know, is limited to women of British nationality only, affiliation. in this case was out of the question, and we have agreed on an exchange of hospitality and use of Headquarters for their British members alone when visiting Shanghai, was hoped that the same rangement might be made wit British members of the Tsinan Women's Club; but negotiations have been interrupted, owing to the warring factions which have been at odds around Tsinan and have caused the cessation of all club activities. With the coming of peace we shall look forward to such negotiations being resumed later.
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