be Italian Charge d'Affaires in Peking Comm. de' Rossi, Italian Consul-General and Senior Consul in Shanghai, has been appointed Charge d'Affaires of the Italian 1 Legation in Pelgng. Mr. E. S. 1
Cunningham, American Consul-Consulship Soon as the General, will assume the Senior
Extraterritoriality Commission leaves Shanghai, A dinner Comm, de' Rossi's honour will be given by the Consular Body at the Majestic Hotel on May 29. Comm. de' Rossi has joined th Extraterritoriality Commission at Hankow. The Commission is pected to arrive in Shanghai within a few days. While here, will investigate the prison gaols and courts and will look into the Chinese judicial system. It is mot expected that the Commission will remain here more than a week. Chinese officials and legal societies are preparing for its reception: the Gordon Road end of the ball room where, in the midst of the' Italian Garden which was used for' out-of-dyer dancing during the summer last year, a covered dancing pavilion is being erected. This nis to be opened on July 4 a gala fete: it adheres to the general scheme of Italian decoration and pergola effects and will surround the central fountain of the garden. In time the trellis work of the structure will be rose.clad Jand the spot made even more ideal than formerly for summer pastimes. 'A fan shaped permanent canopy)
ill extend in an archway from the) verandah at this end of the ball room to the dancing pergola, The Open Air Cinema In the same connexion several changes are being made at the! Majestic Lawn Cinema which will Jopen the first week in Jung. The! silver screen is placed in the corner of the garden at the southwest corner of Bubbling Well and Gordon Ronds. A new booking booth and new brick wall and orchestra shell fare other innovations. An increased orchestra will be added this year the prospect of music especially nited to the photoplays shown. Among these appear some of the best of recent productions—"Abra ham Lincoln," The "The Enchant Cottage," "Why Men Leave Home, "The Lost World," "Lightnin'? "Riders of the Purple Sage," "Son of the Sahara." Second run pieteres include "Lilies of the Field,"
The Woman of Paris, of equal calibre, The cinema is to be run, al last year, in connexion with the Isis Theatre.
But these are the minor changes which appear on the map of the Maje: tic's future. Within the nex? 10 years expected that the present quarters will be enlarged by
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