Ins. G. M. Billings returned from Australia on Sunday.
Mr, A. G. Mossop, the Crown! Advocate, and Mrs, Mossop have returned from Home leave. They bre staying at the Palace Hotel.
Mr, and Mrs, E. E. Parsons and family left by the str. Gleniffer on Saturday for London.
Mite. H, Morducoviteh has returned to Shanghai, from Paris, and is staying at the Astor House.
Hun many friends will be pleased to know that Miss Burita A, Lynch, who was operated on for apper the General Hospital on is doing nicely. stow Linebarger, who with his family left Shanghai last August for a tour in Japan, is now Socated for the winter with his family at Long Bench, Californi:
Ar a meeting of directors of the Bank of Communications Shanghai, Mr, "Hu Chu-tung ha appointed to succeed the I Sheng Chuh-thu, as gover the bank, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Dailey when in Tientsin on their way to} Peking from Hankow stayed at the Astor House Hotel there. Mr. Dailey the Peking correspondent of the jeago Tribune.
From Peking it is reported th Mel Lan-fang, the noted Chines factor, has engaged an American to each him English in preparation for a tour of the United States, Mei will Jeave for America in April with musicians and subordinate actors.
Mu, 0, G, Steen, local manager of the Dollar §.S. Ca. and the American Mail Line, accompanied by Mrs, Steen, returned to Shanghai on the str, President Jefferson, Mr, Elmer Madsen, treasurer of the Pacific Comm: tical Ca. was a passenger on the same steamer, en route to Manila, sin Charles Bist, who was the British Envoy to Tokyo from 1919 4s11Jast yenr, is revisiting Japan this pring. The "Osaka Mainichi" says that he intends to make Nara his permanent residence, with a view to Gevoting the remainder of his life to the study of Buddbiam and art, AsonG local residents returned Jon the str. Empress of Asia were:—Mr. P. Gates and Mr. A. Woods.
Mr. Chas, E. Shepherd left Shang-_ hai ea Tuesday on vacation, ac-Jcompanied. "by his family, on' the Hakusan Mara, Mr. Tsai Pu, Civil Governor of Chekiang, is reported to have arrived in Shanghai from Hangchow, accompanied by his staff and 500 armed guards, Mr. F.C. Jenkin, the well-known barrister of Hongkong, was passenger on the str. Empriss of Asia, on his way back to the Crown Colony. The Hon. Woo Din-beii [special commissioner of education, from Peking, was also travelling by; the name steamer, bound for Hong-cong.
Mr, Tai Tien-cho, son-in-law of the into Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who wear to Japan a fortnight ago as a special Jdiplomatic representative of the} Kuomintang in Canton, is reported to have left Tokyo on his return to the South, It is believed that Mr. Tai will break his voyage in Shanghai for a short period.
THR following appointments to ships on the China Station have been made by the Admiralt Comme, W. R. Richardson, "Titania," additional (January 20), and to "Titania," additional, for command of a submarine (from date of joining) commr. B, R.. Hooper, to "Titania," additional (January 20), and to "Titania," Additional, for' command of a submarine" (from date of joining). Commd.-Bosns—E, R. West, to "Hermes," and W, Gashman, January' 10), Pror. Glenn T, Trewarth, 1.0. dean of the Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, who a delegate to the Pai sues Congress at Toky>, hi arrived in Shanghai, having ce from Manila by the str. President] Jefferson. He will spend the sum-aver in the Far East.
Tw Japanese Residents Corpora tion have put forward the name of Mr. K. Fukushima, the new manager of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, as a candidate for a seat on the Shanghai Municipal Council. The _presest Japanese Councillor is Mr. Funatsu, the former Japanese Con-vul-General, who is now Director-General of the Japanese Cotton Mill Owners' Association, and, as he intends to offer himself for relection, the Japanese are hoping to obtain an extra seat, Tue death has taken place, follov-Sng, an operation, of Mr. R. C. Edwards, agent for the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation en Bangkok, who was formerly the Yanks chief accountant in Hongkong. Mr, Edwards came to the East 23° years ago and has all the time been with the ban} He sustained serious injuries at the time of the Japanese urthquake in 1923 and, after treat-been appointed to the China flagship "Hawking," is a "qs," that is, he ranted the staff qualificatic tion in consiiors tion of employment on stuff duties during the war. In January, 1919, he was appointed in charge of the Intelligence School at the R, N. Staff College, and in 1928-25 served in HM.S. "Cardiff" in the Mediterranean. The present Fleet Royal Officer in the "Hawkins" is Major and Brevet Lieut-Colonel A.. S. Cantrell (the well-known erieket= er) who was appointed in October, 1924.
Among a number of appointments: of Divisional Commanders, Territorial Army, announced by the War Office on January 10, was that of Major-General C. D, H, Moore, c.., M.C., B.0, (42 East Lancashire), Major-General A, Solly-Flood, ex, c.Mc., D890, (June 11, 1927). Major-General Claude Douglas Hamilton Moore, who is 52 years of age, served in the North China and the South African wars. In the late war ko secured mention -in despatches eight times, and was awarded the D.s.
He sise wears the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun (first class) and other foreign orders. ment at Home, was sent: o Bangkok, Ma, J, V. A. MacMurray, United! States Minister to China, wae entertained at dinner last Thursday evening at the Tientsin Club by the American Chamber of Commerce and the American Associatinn joint! The committee in charg: was composed of Mesers. R. T. MacDonnell, L. 0. McGowan, F. F. Spielman, Warner J. Brown, E. C. Cheek, HIM Yourg and E. H. Grooms. Tientsin Americans have ben anxious to entertain Mr. MacMurray ever sine his arrival "in China but (reas unable to fix a date, owing to Gressure of duties in Peking. The Americar Consulate-General added its voice to those of the American, Wssociation and Chamber this time. to the destroyers Wanderer and Wolverine for passage to China, where these vessels will be exchange ed for the Wolsey and Woolston, the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. The really resuming their service in the flotilla. When the 3nd Destroyer Flotilla was o-dered to the Far East the last-named ships were under-going large repairs at Malta, and their places were taken temporarily by the Wolsey and Woolston. Lieut-Commanders H. T. W. Pawsey and L. V. Dante, D0, have been appointed to command the gunboats Aphis and Ladybird respectively. These two _vessels were last used on the Danube, and are at present vnderening repairs at Malta,
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