Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, for} duty in China, is about to be re-Tioved by the Curlew from the Devonport Reserve. The Curlew was here before. She returned last year from the North America and; West Indies Station, and has since undergone a refit. Commander R.
Down, c.¥.0., 0.8.0. had been apointed fo command her.in reserve from April 20, but this appointment is cancelled. Among the officers} who will turn over from the Caradoe to the Curlew when the exchange-la made are Lieutenant-Commanders L. E.'H. Maund and Lancelot King, Lieutenants G. R. Barrow and R. A.! Hall, and Sub-Lieutenant Barlam. Lieutenants Ian Jeffrey] and 'T. K. Masterman will return home in the Caradoc, and in. their, places Lieutenants R. G. D. Wyndham, Jate of H.M.S. Sterborne, and H. VuP, MeClintock, late of HIS, Noyager, will-go-out in the Cutlew, 'Tuer many friends Yangtze and North—Eh ports }will be interested to know that air. and Mrs. R, H. Nash left Shanghai for England or the [Morea on Tuesday. Mr, Nash' has his credit the remarkable record '9f 40 years of continuous service in China, the whole of this long Period being uninterrupted by any Home leave. Since his arrival China in 1887 he never has left th Par East, has taken very few hol days and has spent remarkably few days away from his work through tininess of any kind. Mr. Nash has been in the service of the Shanghai Hongkew Wharf Ca., in Shanghai, for more than a quarter of a cen: tury, prior to which he served with ithe Indo-China 8. N. Ca. for over }ten years, both concerns being aseoclated with Messrs. Jardine, Mu-the son & Ca, Mrs. Nash's association with Shanghai and the Far East is as old as her husband's. As Mr, Nash now is retiring from business, it is unlikely that either frill return to the Far East, and ithe good wishes of many, who will miss them, accompany them Home {fora well-earned rest.
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