Auspicious Opening in Avenue Edward VI: A Great Sino-
Foreign Institution The commodious new quarters of the Union Club situated at 38 Avenue VII, on which brei organization occupies the formal "at home." Mr. V.G. Lyman, President, with a few introductory remarks, declared the Club oper He was supported by Messrs. Drakeford, Powell, Steen, Calder Marshall and Campbell, a representative of Mr. Chu Pao-san, Chinese Vi President, and other Chinese com Mr, S. Fessenden, Chairman of the S.M.C., and Mr. E. 8, Benbow Rowe attended on behalf of the Municipality, and the various Consulates delegated—representatives, Mr. Hsu Yuan, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, was in attendance.
Members of the Club acted as hosts and escorted the many guests throughout the new premises, show ing them the card room. the mah-Jonge room. through the large ball room in which it is proposed to hold tea dances, the billiard room, spacious enough for two tables and the Chinese lounge. Private dining rooms ax well' as the large banquet hall are feature of the new rooms, lacking in the old quarters on the Bund, while the new reading room is ample enough for a good portion of the membership.
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