'The part of the premises corns prising the hotel was to be leased by the owners to a new company te be formed under the title of Cathay Hotel, Ltd, and the 13+ storey" building now being erected by the Cathay Land Ca. at the corr of Rue' Boureat and Cardinal Mercier, opposite the French Club, which will have 800 rooms will nisse be under the same direction. The amenities of a high class residential hotel would be provided in both:
It is expected that the latter which will be ready for occupation about' the end of this year, will be known as Cathay Mansions, while the hotel en the Bund will be known as the Cathay Hotel and will probe lably be ready about the same time or early in 1929, Tu eonelusida. attention was drawn to the arcade facilities of the new building on the Bund, most of the shop space along the Nanking Road frontage as well as shops in the arcades, having: already been leased, although the building is only just beginning to take shape inside. were Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Asiatic Squadron: Sir Sidney Barton. H. M. Consul-General; Mr. Yada, 11. 1. J. M. Consul-General; Capt. Castleman, 'A. D. C. to Ad miral Bristol; Cols. Davis, Kilgore and Davis; Major Gave; Mr. W. Meyrick Hewlett, H. M. Consul-General at Nanking; Commander Thompson; Mesers, H: H. Davis, R Calder Marshal, A. W. Burkill, G. Lyman, E. C. Allen, 0. Steen, W. Turner, Dr. €._ Noel Davis, the Very Rev. Dean Trivett, Professor C. H. Robertson, and Messrs. ©. Harpur, C. M. Wentworth, W, J. Hawkings, K, E, Newman, CP. Holeomb, W. B. Souter and G. E. Marden.
The Board of Trustees are Messrs. H. H. Arnold, president; Calder Marshall, vice-president; C. M, Wentworth, hon. treasurers and G. A. Fitch, Tecording secretary and Messrs, W. 8, Fleming, P. Hopking, A. B. Lowson, 'V. Lyman, T. H. R. Shaw, 0. G, Steen and the Very Rev. A, C. 8. Trivett.
The Executive staff are Messrs. G. A. Fitch, general secretary MeLachiin, associate general secretary; A. Q. Adamson, building secretary; C. M. Tobin, " physical directors J. A. Duff, business secretary; and Chifan Li, Chinese secretary.
Mr, Fang Kan-ming has been admitted to the French Academy of Arts, according to a letter received in Shane!
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