May 12 is a ved letter professional nursing circles, the anniversary of Florence Nish!
alo's birthday, and it ix per remarkable that the day should be portant in nurses'
In many hospitals yesterday, the day of remembrance was given over nurses' graduation ceremonies, Hospital in. Hangchow was by no means behind the times, and avery interesting ant impressive ceremony was held in the Assembly Hall of the new Med~ cal Colleze. Dr, Main presented the hospital certificates, und dip Jamas of the Nurses of China four successful dates, There was a representative audience representatives of the Bin Education, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Taostin. Several helpful' speeches were given, me cluding that of the Superintendent of Nurses who drew attention to the amazing proges that w ing made in the training of Chinese nurses, and of the Conference of A terrible drama was enacted yesterday stration Offices phottly after offi hours. A Russian, employed as a messenger in the Pension Depai ment, shot dead a Russian charwoman also employed in this Department and aft committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. The marder took place in a corridor of the bulling, the murderer firing at his victim from behind. She fell mortally wounded. The man fled up-Slairs as the firing brought a lot of people into. the corridor, and, locking himself in one of the private offices, he at the Nurses' Association of China which will be held in Hangchow in 1928, og well og to the International Council of Nurses which is expected to assemble in Pekin in 1929, Tea was served after the cere-many in the Lecture Hall, and after short interval the guests re-assembled to bid farewell to Miss Wetherell who is shortly ing for furlough. She was the recipient of many handsome gifts, Marshal Sun was entertained yesterday by the Educational As-Sociation and a big programme is before him thie week.
Jonce ended kis own life. The dead messenger was a man of 49 yours of age and had a grown-up family, one of his daughters being a clerk in the railway, whilst his victim was a widow of 37 with one child.
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