Mr. J. K. Tweed, manager - in the Orient of the Sun Life Insurance Company, which has recently taken over the China Mutual Insurance Company Miss Harriet Noyes, who 57 years ago founded the first seminary in China for Chinese girls and women, the True Light Seminary at Canton, and who has cornd home to retire from active service. Accompanying her was Miss E. Butler, who has been! connected with missionary work in China for 42 yeara Theed arrivals came aboard the Empress of Asia. -Aboard the President Madison were Mrs. F. A. Sutton, Mr. J. T. Reeves, of Shanghai; Mr. anad Mrs. R. \B and tha Misses Hemmings, of Hankow. Mr. C. -V. Cummings, Vice-President of the Northern Con+ struction Ca. in this city, recently returned from China, bringing in his pocket a contract for the construction of a 1,200'mile railway in South China. Mr. W. J. Wand, of the Chinese Nationalist daily paper, published here, says the South China Government has some heavy fin-oncing to do before the work! can be carried out. The contract is- for a link in Dr. Sun's scheme to join up the provinces of Southern China. The rails road, Mr. Wand said, is to runt from Canton to Chengtu in Sze-~ chuan province, passing en route through Kuangsi and Yunnan provinces.
CONSULAR APPOINTMENT, Hon Karzu Saito, who recently relinquished the post of Japanese Consul for Wester Canada and Alaska, with- head quarters at Vancouver, has boom given one of the most important appointments within the gift of the Imperial Government of Japan. He is. now the only Japanese Consul-General on the South American Continent and leaves Tokio shortly for Brazil. He will be accompanied by Mme. Saito and their two younger children. The three older children will remain in Japan to complete their collegiate studies. Mr. Saito served for four years as Japanese Consul of Peru be~ fore coming to Vancouver. Lid speaks Spanish fluently and enjoys Royal recognition from Spain for his services.
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