Informal Entertainment by New Farewell to the Captain, Miss Chief Judge Duncan An informal Iuncheon party was given on Saturday at the Majestic Hotel by Mr, Loo Hing-yun, the new President of the Shanghai Provisional Court, in favour of the foreign deputies." Those present included Messrs. A. J. Martin, C. D. Meinhardt, F. Ramondino, Hasegawa, H, Bos, H. E. Stevens, Whitamore, B. Kudo and the Chief Clerk, Mr. J. E. Wheeler.
Welcoming his guests, Mr. Loo said:—"Gentlemen, it gives me real great pleasure to be here to-day extend my heartiest welcome to you who are my collaborators and, may I cay, colleagues, in the administration of justice in this great city of China, In fact, Shanghai has been called the greatest commercial and cosmopolitan city in the Far East, with a population of nearly a million, including citizens and subjects of many nationalities and races, and with the volume of foreign trade reaching prodigious figures. It is really a privilege to be entrusted with the duty of isting in keeping this great in order' Lawyers have been cribed as brass-headed nails to Keep things together.' I suppose most of us are or have once been. lawyers, Let us keep Shanghai together and in that task our Provisional Court will contribute its share. Our Court has been criticize ed, but our critics must remember hardly five months old, and we are trying to evolve an institu. tion along national lines. The Roman Empire was not built in a day, so also, this Court!" We must have patience. Our Chinese proverb says Given patience, the mulberry An interesting ceremony took place on Friday when the Sth Com-any of the Shanghai Girl Guides, took farewell of their captain Duncan, on the eve of her depart-' ure for Americ In the presence of Mrs. Maher, Acting Headmistress, members of the Girl Guides Association, and some friends, gave a short ' entertainment.
Later, the senior Guides—patrol leaders". Harvey, and A. Norton, jon behalf of the company, presented, Miss Duncan with a silver-backed hair brush, as a token of their appreciation of all the work she has done for them. Daisy Mackenzie, the small Guide, presented her with a doll dressed ' as the youngest Guide, who wished to return to America with the captai The ceremony concluded with musical honours for Miss Duncan. perfectly frank and candid with tone another and to remove any: misunderstanding between ourselves and the police at large, <o that cordial relations may be established and strengthened between the foreigners and the Chinese, especially at this moment when there is mach poison in the blood of many people and when any false move on either side may lead to consequences, Gentlemen, it ith these thoughts in my mind, I feel happy to be honoured presence and to be able my glass to drink your! health.
In response to Br. Loo's toast, Mr. Martin, the senior British deputy, said that it had scarcely been realized how much the prosperity of Shanghai depended upon. this Provisional Court and that he misunderstanding or a Ick of real Jand mutual understanding and it is, therefore, incumbent upon. us' ta was voicing the sentiment of the foreign deputies here-when he. said that they all had confidence of the new President and would pledge him their earnest. and, Hobiest.co-operas tax tion.
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