Mr. S. L, Burdett of H. M. Copsular' Service, ahd Senior Consul's Deputy, has' left for Home vi Siberia, on urgent family affairs.
Mu. John, "Wee Mac," Macpherson, Jong identified with the shipbuilding industry in Shanghai, retired from Oriental connections on February 25, Mr. Macpherson left port in the For more than macpherson has been during which. period he was an active Mason, and as well he stood high in the estimation of his superiors, who tendered him a jer about two weeks ago. Immediately before his departure, Mr. Macpherson was entertained in the Masonic Club by Masonic friends. us their support and ye have been particularly interested in educating Mc.- Fessenden on the origin:|of America, and we think that we have firmly convinced him that Madoe first discovered Ametiea, and even to-day James Davis and Judge Hughes are recent defendants of good Welsh stock.
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