The Impending Retirement of Miss Murphy After over 22 years in the service of the Municipal Council,—Miss Murphy, Matron of the Isolation Hospital, leaves Shanghai for Home s|early next month to enjoy a well earned retirement. Miss Murphy has a host of friends in Shanghai, both foreign and Chinese, who will be extremely sorry to se her go.
Miss Murphy joined the Council service in 1904, and three years later was appointed Matron of the Chinese Isolation Hopital. This appointment she held for the next 10 years, until 1917, she was she. appointed Matron ' of the Foreign Isolation Hospital (the post she now wceates) succeeding Miss Bradford.
Miss Murphy was the first lady in the Council's employ to enter for the Chinese language examinations, in which she succeeded in obtaining maximum honours, It is also to her edit that she was the first hospital iron in ths whole of China to f the experiment speaks highly for Murphy's executive ability. innovation came at a very ap-
Routine Orders by Colonel W. F.
Gordon, S, 080. Com mandant Shanghai, Jan. 27. propriate time, the war being In|, No. 10. Municipal" Gazette—Th warees, and hospital nurses in following extract from the Muni-count cipal Gazette dated January 21, 1027 is published for information: The possessor a kindly and American Company.—Sgts. C, J.
personality, Miss Murphy Doughty and E, G. Crane to be 2nd ray been extremely popular Lieutenants, lore under her, both ind foreign, country wit who knew her.
No. 11. Officers' Leave—The leave Jeave lof Lieutenant D. W. Leach, Machine Gun Company is extended to 20.2.
No, 12. Meaiquarters Posting Captain "C. A. Anglesea-Sandels, Me, Royal Welch Fusiliers Gex. Liu Tz-yung, Commissioner having arrived from England on of Shanghai and Woosung Police, -27, is taken on the strength as aid official cals on the local native!
Corps Adjutant from that date, authorities on Saturday, among those he visited being Mr.
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