Shanghai, May 18.
A banquet was given this evening at the Japanese Club by some 200 of the leading Japanese residents of Shanghai in honour of Vice-Admiral Yoshida and Rear-Admiral Kobayashi, the retiring commander and new commander, respectively, of the 1st Japanese Detached Squadron. Vice-Admiral Yoshida, who has been appointed a member of the Board of Admirals, is leaving Shanghai for home on May 20 on board the str. Kumano Maru.—Eastern News Agency. train was very near the motor lorry, the accident could not have been averted.
In this connexion, it is worth mentioning the fact that the vicinity where the accident took place and the road leading thereto are favourite spots for chauffeurs, who try to race the trains and in spite of warnings that have been issued, many chauffeurs still persist in the dangerous practice, thus endangering their own lives and the lives of the occupants of their cars,
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