The announcement was made, at the last meeting of the Headquarters Naval Carfteen Committee, that the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes definitely had proposed to the Admiralty to take over the canteens in His Majesty's Ships on the Chit Station, and that this suggestion was under consideration, China is the only one of the big stations at which the N.AAP.L have not hitherto been in fall operation, Their activities were extended there lar-lier in the year, following the des-arch of ships to the Far East from other stations, and reports received indicate that the Institutes are giving satisfaction, and are holding their own a" compared with the ean-teens in ships with Chinese contract tors, while continuing to pay higher rate of rebate. A. permanent N.AAF.L area manager has been ppoiuted to Hongkong, and_ the base will be organized similarly to Malta, It is officially stated that the men of Section "A" of the Army Reserve who were called up last January for service in China will return home between the middle of October and the end of November. These men, numbering some 1,650, respond ed promptly to the calling-up notices, although most of them were in civil employment at the time and many were married. Their conduct while with the Colours in China has been very favourably reported upon. It is understood that many employers bhava agreed to reinstate these men who were previously in their employment, and the Secreatry of State confidently hopes that. this patriotic example will be followed by all the men's former employers. There men who have no employment to go to on their return Home will be advised to register their names ite with the local representatives of the National Associat for Employment of Regular Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen, Any employer desirous of offering employment.to any individual should communicate with the local representative of the National Association, or with the head offices of the Association, "11 Victoria Street, Westminster, Lon dan tional Y.MLC.A, Day was held yesterday to raise funds for its work in Shanghaj and on the Rhine, An {appeal is being made for £50,000 by the end of the your. Letters of support have been received from the ike of Connaught, the Prime ister, the Bishop of London, the Lord Mayor of London, and Major-General Duncan, Commanding the Shanghai Defence Force, More than 4,000 Ia¢ hages. Miss Margaret: and Miss Elizabeth Bindes, the Lord Mayor's twin daughters, made ¥.M. C.A. Day one of the first public events in which they took part after their return from their official visit to Rome, and the Lord Mayor set ide a room in the Mansion House a3 a pimpernel depot for the City. One of the leading banks arranged for the sale of pimpernels at its 2,000 branches throughout the country, and many large City firms agreed to pimpernels being sold in their buildings; another, triable to so, sent a cheque for fifty guineas towards the fund, As a result of Princess Mary's visit to Barnsley, £1,650 has been raised in Yorkshire for the national and local work of the "Y.M.C.A. In addition eight ¥.M-C.A. centres in Shanghai there are three in Hongkong, and one in Weihaiwei, and the primary object of Y.M.C.A. Day was to raise tie £20,000 needed for these twelve centres. Another £8,000 is require for the five Y.M.CA. centres serving the 8,000 young British soldiers on the Rhine.
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