Chefoo, March 30.
Chefoo had a variety of weather; for the Easter holidays. Good Friday and Saturday were warm and spring-like. Easter Sunday was a bitter cold day with a strong north east gale blowing. Snow feil during the early hours of the morning and at intervals during the day. Towards evening the wind moderate ed and Monday was beautifully fine. 2 The attendances at the two foreign churches were good. The Settlement and the Schools did not play a football match, but the latter worked off two of their cake matches, the final of which, is said to be coming off next Saturday afternoon.
The annual vestry meeting was held last night when an exceptionally large number of residents put in an attendance. The chaplain presided. Mr. J. Alty was selected as_ the chaplain's warden and Mr. Woo as the people's. Messrs. Clayton, Smith and Curtis were elected tgaserve as sidesman for the ensuing year.
Macartney's resignation as treasurer of the Chaplaincy Fund was received with great regret and efforts to make him reconsider his decision were unavailing. Clayton was invited to take his place and consented to do so.
To-morrow, Warriors' Day, there are to be great doings. The very excellent organization of $.0.B.'s have drawn up an_ exceptionally good programme which is to be given in the Hall of the Chefoo Club Annex. A_play will be presented and in addition to other fine items, the Rev. H. A. H., Lea, our versatile chaplain, is to give a conjuring entertainment. By way of a rehearsal the young people of the port were invited this afternoon to see the whole performance given. It is anticipated that there will be a full house and as a charge of $2 per head is being levied, Earl Haig' appeal should receive a hearty response from residents of Chefoo, on the morrow. The entertainment has been well advertised, sandwich men with barrows announcing it through the streets:
Monday was an important Chinese religious festival, Enormous crowds of Chinese wended their way to the Black Dragon Temple, (Monastery) carrying banners etc. The procession was one of the longest of the kind seen in Chefoo and on arrival at the Temple there were big doings.
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