and Mre, H, H. Cameron gre sailing for America on Home, Jeave by the str. President Madi-man.
Mu, Sun Pao-chi, fernier Premier, who has been appointed Chinese Ambassador to Moscow, arrived in Shanghai from Hangchow on Satur-Cay night.
Mr, J. Lilliehook, Consul-General for Sweden, returned to Shanghai Friday last from a long leave spent in Sweden and Europe, and ie now resuming charge of the Swedish Consulate General.
'THE Committee of the Cathedral Schools announces that Mr. A. H. Candlin, a. (Edin) has joined the Staff of the Boy's School as Assistant Master. Miss D. Meathrel hac kindly undertaken the: duties of Cab-Mistress at the same School.
Havixe received instructions Sim Skinner Turner on Sunday morning left for Tsingtao, where he has to try the case in which the British Consul is being sued for damages in connexion with the azure of a race pony for debt.
Carr. and Mrs. H. von Heidenstam returned from leave Siberia en Thursday evening last. Mr. von Heidenstam has resumed his duties as Engineer-in-Chief of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board.
Mansuat, Tuan Chi-jui, the Gnief Executive, has appointed Mr, Fu Siao-en, managing director of the Commercial Bank of China, adviser to. the Chinese delegation at the forthcoming Tariff Revision Conference. An order to the effect was published on September 26.
THe marriage took place Hongkong on september 26 of Miss Ada bel Lee, daughter of Mrs. fom the Central Government. to attend the funeral of the late Mr.
St. John's Li Ching-hsi (son of the late Li Hung-chang and former Premier)
Peking's official delegate, Mr.
eng Chien, Civil Governor of Kinngsu will come here either to-diy or to-morrow, He will stay 4 the Lunghua Yamen. command the Philippine Island: arrived in Shanghai from the he left Manila, Gen, Weigall has visited Japan, Tientsin and Peking, Owing, however, to the receipt of a telegram, which stated cholera was becoming prevalent in 4 part of the Islands, he has been forced to cut short his stay, both in the North and in Shanghai, and will leave for his station in the Dollar str. President Adams, A.C. Row, head of 1g department the Tien:
ich of the British Amer-'Tobaces Ca. and Miss Blanca Gutierrez, of the China Import Export Ca, La., are to be married Manila on November 18. Miss Gutierrez has left Tientsin for Manila and Mr. Row will go there November '1. Follo} ige they will lo America vid Suez and return to Honolulu, artistically decorated for the service, which was fully choral, the Reverend T. B. Powell officiating. A reception in the Grill Room of the Hongkong Hotel followed the church ceremony.
'Tie death is reported of Mrs. Adelaide M, Tiedemann, wife of the Consul-General at, Death occurred early' morning at the family home in Meadows Road and resulted from blood-poisoning which had jeansed a month's illness. A. re-quiet mass was held Tuesday night, the Rev. Fr. Vitor officiating. The funeral was held on Wednesday and was largely "attended by members of the consular body and friends.
D..C. Bess, head of the Oriental service of the "Philadelphia Ledger" Syndicate, who has heretofore been in Tokyo, will come to' Peking to make that city' his headquarters. Mr. Bess formerly was in Shanghai, on the editorial staff of the Shanghai "Times" Mr. Henry W. Kinney, formerly on the editorial staff of the, "Peking Leader" will Hleave for Tokyo on October 13 to assume the correspondentship the: "for the "Public Ledge syndicate nil Ca take position on the staff of the "Japan Times", fan Italian resident'
Tokyo, was shot and wounded by Weyear-old Japanese girl in his wine in the early morning of plomber 29. The girl's story was called to recover from Mi Ricei, a valuable diamond ring of her mother's which he had under-ken to sell for them, but. had not tumed with either the proceeds the jewel. Mr. Ricei claimed hat the ting belonged to him. Mr. Ricci, who was shot in the right shoulder and thigh, was expected to recover unless complications set ON September 20 the first aero-lane flight was made in Taiyuanta by Mr. E. E. Fresson on a locally constructed machine. After a very. short run the machine was off the tronnd and as it passed in front the spectators, the airman was iver. a vigorous cheer. After hireling around the aerodrome for 10 minutes, a perfect landing was' fected. The following day a short demonstration was given before the Governor and local officials. Tuchun Yen Shih-shan shook hands with Mr. Fresson and congratulated him for being the first to fly in Shansi "don a machine made by Chinese about in his Province, Bariixo parties at Stonecutters Island, "Hongkong, were recently considerably alarmed by the appearance of a large fish, bell bbe a cuttle fish, which and injured three' swimmer men and a lady. The most serious.
injured was Mr. J. S. Smith, of he Station Hotel at Kowloon. "He vas swimming some distance from shore when he was bitten on the ight arm and then on the right ide of the body. He is suffering m the effects of poisoning. A Private in the East Surrey's who vas bathing ut another point of the island was also attacked, whilst the third victim was a lady, who nas bitten on the wrist. She has, however, nufferad up illeffeets.
Tue "China Express & Tele-seraph" says of Mice Nina Gage, an American, who hax been appointed President of the International {Council of Nurses: A. woman of great intellectual and social gifts, Miss Gage is Dean of the Hunan: Yale School of Nursing, Hunan, {Chins 'The four years during Which' she holds office will undoubtedly be a period in which the Interests of the Chinese nursing profession will be wall to the fore. Moreover, the next international meeting, in 1929, will be held Ching, and is bound to have excellent effect in bringing thi nurses of the East and of the West into closer touch. Miss Gage graduated from the Roosevelt Hospital Training School for Nurses, New York, and in 1909 went to China, where she has done a great deal to organize the profession and to improve the standards of nurse ing.
Tue Reverend Chauncey Good rich, p.0., veteran missionary and Bible translator, passed away on September 29, at the home of his daughter, "Mrs. E. K. Smith, at Tsing Hua College, Peking. On July 22 he had celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his arrival in China, a record of service that has been very rarely equalled. For decades he taught theological classes at Tungchow and later in the Union Theological School in Peking, he Prepared a syllabary of Pekingese and a volume of Mandarin phrases. He was associated with Dr. Henry Blodgett in preparing hymnal, and continued his work of hymn translation to within a few years ago. He was also chair-a ble translation committee which prepared the Union Mandarin Version of the Christian Scriptures now used in all parts of China, where the "National Speech" is current. Dr, Goodrich, survived by two children, Mrs.
K. Smith of Tsing Hua College and Mr. L. C. Goodrich of the China
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