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tents" issued by" the Universal Postal Union under date of January 11, 1929, the following places charge Bd. for' postage to Postal Union Countries, including of South Afr New Guinea Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Solomon Is, Sierra 'I. and Tobago, Turks, Li, and Lrel (Bree State).
Gen, Luard's Dep Within a very time now, Major-General ix to elie auish his command in Hongkons, ud it is only fitting that we in Shanghai should on an occasion tuch ay this, express our apprecin~ tion of the work he has done for use We believe that un two casions he came up here to inspect the Volunteers, and thone who met him then have the pleasantest, recollections of his kindly: personality, the encouragement he gave to ofliors andi men alike to carry on the good work of volunteering, at the sume time realizing the' shrewd insight he had into all milita matters. Not going back any further than the conclusion ut the war, it hax to be mentioned that Shanghai has een particularly fortunate in the attention which it has received from the G.0.C., Hong: Kong. General Kirkpatrick was here on several oven sions apart from his inspections, and i€ {C hap= pened to be a Sunday when he wax us through he was generally to be found at the Rifle Range watching What was going on. General Fowler, who succeeded him, was extremely popular with the Corps, and from one of his staff officers it was learned that he had avery veal affection for it, commencing with his belief it' as an_ essentially useful organization. One imagines that in of his inspections of the moral Luar must have spoken to about 50 per cent. of members, learning of their service and a host of personal details. Tt will be matter for regret that we tholi not see him here again, but our best wishes will accompany him Tome.
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