Sim Victor Sassoon arrived in Shanghai from Colombo during tke Mr. S, M. Edwards, Secretary of the SMC, left on Wednesday on. the sir. Kashima Maru on long Me. and Mrs, E. W. Hancock left Shanghai on Wednesday by the D. L. 8. Trier.
Mz, J. E- Needham, Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, expects to leave for Homo in a week's time, Charles Eliot, formerly British Minister to Japan, is a visitor to Shanghai just now. He on his way Home An, W. A. Kearton arrived from Home on Saturday by the M. M. S. Athos I. Mrs, Kearton intends to come to Shanghai later in the year.
Mes, Sarina Haas Mise Cecilia Haas are amongst the passengers sailing for Europe on the str, Trier, Min, WH, H. Fox, Commorciat Counsellor of the British Legation, who has been at Home on leave returned to China on Monday, ae companied by Mrs. Fox.
Recent arrivals in Peking from Shanghai were Mrs, F. B. Piteaira and Miss Piteairn; Lieut. Col. Boeber of the Decence Force; and Me, and Mrs, A. R, Duncan and Miss Duncan, We regret to learn that according. to recent reports from England Sic Edward Pearce has been ina very Indifferent state of health. Happily news has been received indicating that an improvement in his condition has taken place, Ma. C. C. Langh Mu, and Mrs. Bue Teichman of the British Legation are. leaving Peking shortly for England on kome leave," "They will be absent some months and will not retura until about January next year.
Judge John ©. H. Wu, of the Givil "Division of the Shanghai Kailan Mining Admi is Provisional Court, has tendered hig leaving for Home to-day by the nation in order to devote more M.S. Chenonceaux, and will of his time to private legal vend several months at Home, practice and his duties as Principal will travel vi is, where Mrs. of the Comparative School of Law. pith ity fe nine H, B, Phya Chamnong Dithakar Mu, W. S. Fleming, accompanied accompanied by his daughter ar-by his brother, Mr. C. E, Fleming, rived in Shanghai by the str. General "Agent for the Western President Monroe. He was Pacific Railway, in San Joaquin Minister from Siam to Japan Valley. Cal lett for America and is en route to his new post ax on Thursday morning, vid. Siberia, Minister to. the Court Italy vid Mrs, Fleming sails for America on Bangkok. His Excellency was thy May 11.
Diplomatic Doyen in Japan, having taken up the Ministership in Japan Mu, A. H. Gordon, manager in the in March, 1911, Far East of Callender's Cable Construeti n Coy Ltda is leaving Shanghai on long leave immediately dis travelling home vid it, Gordon expects to return with! hiy family before the end of Tue P. & 0. [Shanghai on Monday morning, bringing with her about 125 passengers from Europe. Among the number on board were several connected with the military forces in Chin fineluding It-Col. Ha Mk AL Kets, the well-known Flemish artist, has. returned to Shanghai after'a prolonged tour of Europe, during which he made copies of the masterpieces of Rom-brandt, the portrait of King Charles by Van Dyck, landscapes affec Hobema, still-life drawings after the great Fleming masters, Snyder on Fyt, ete, Mr, Kets has done some wonderful work and it would be difficult to find any discrepancies between his works and the originals.
News has Doon received here of mand of a battalion there, Me, Menry Waterman, of the U.S. Consular Service, and Mrs. Waterman, who have been transferred from Shanghai to Saigon, expect to leave by the U.S.S. Chaumont on May 16 for north China on u brief holiday and will return Shanghai-a few days before June 16 on which latter date they wil for their new post, Ax interesting hai at the present moment is Mr. A. W. Tol travelling representa.
ofer Messrs. John Walker Sons, Ltd., the firm of whisky dis Bir. Tolmie was Canadi riner for the Wembley Empire Exhibition, and is now doing empire work for a very famous firm, We arrived here by the 0. 8, Malwa, and will be resident here for a few days, Mr, Frank S. Williams, Registrar of the China Trade Act and United tates Trade Commissioner, in charge of the Shanghai Office of the United States Department of Commerce, is leaving Shanghai on the str Fausang to-morrow for a three weeks trip to North China. During Mr. Williams' absence, the local ofice of the Department of Commerce will be in charge of joner, Miss A. Viola router well-known resident of the Settlement in the person of Mr, HI. E. Campbell, is paying a visit to Shanghai at the moment. Mr. Campbell, who was for long connected with Messrs. bert & Ca., and will be remembered as having been part owner in the famous race pony Old Bill, retired a few years ago, since when he has been spend-1 most of his time hunting in the west country or yachting, be: tween Channel ports. He arri llonday by the F&O. Malwa, and expects to be here for about three weeks, recent travels of a former frequent Visitor to Shanghai, Fearnley. Mr, Fearnley who was accustomed to visit the Far Ea almost every year for a period of from 20 to 30 yours ju the interests of A large British company of wholesale manufacturing chemists, recently left England for Colombo and from Uhere proceeded t6 Keny and has since visited Victoria Nyanza, Uganda and Tanganyik Ho la now no his way to Marseilles to moot Mrs, Fearnley.
'Mr, Chang Nich-yuan, the well known Chinese lawyer,' has been. appointed Chinese legal assistant to the Shanghai Municipal Councit and will assist the Prosecuting: Solicitor in police prosecutions in the Shanghai Provisional Court. Mr, Chang is very well-known in Chinese circles and has a host of friends among the foreign com. munity, The first Chinese to enter Public School for Boys, he yed Messrs. Drummond & White-Cooper as an interpreter and trans~ later, during which period he also was translator for different foreign newspapers, including the "North" China Daily News," Mr. Chang, entered the Comparative "Lay School of China (Soochow Univer: sity) when he was 46 years of age and he graduated hhonours, He ix the author of several hooks on Chinese law and has translated a number of authorities.
leading member of the Canton-exe community, he is also a founder of the Union Club of China, of which institution he is at present honorary Chinese secretary, th's capacity and in_many" other ways, he has been influential in ing about a better under between the Chinese and. foreign residents of the Inter national Settlement, For many, sears, Mr. Chang was English sec Tetary and legal' adviser to the Chinese General Chamber of Cont+ merce and of the Canton Mere chants Association
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