The first meeting of the Canadian Association of China took place last Friday at the house of Dr. and Mrs. MacUillivray, No. 3 Darroch Road. The house was tastefully decorated with coloured lights and Canadian flags and the chair was taken by Dr. Mac-Gillivray, who outlined the programme 6f work for the coming session.
There were present as guests the Rev. A. N. Rowland, pastor of Union Church, Dr. Mackenzie, of Tokio, and Dr. Chown, superiatendent of the Methodist Church of Canada, who has just completed a tour of Japan, Korea and China. He spoke to the members on the subject of Canadian representation in Washington and other parts of the world, and particularly _emphasized the desirability of Canadians being fully supported by Consular and other authorities in whatever land they might be living. as essential parts of the British Empire.
Letters were read from various Canadian Clubs affiliated with the Association, including one from the Canadian Club of New York City. During the evening the famine in North China was mentioned and the Association will probably do something in the matter as a united body.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.