The plant acquired in Peking in cludes a modern fire-proof building with garage and ample storerooms. While it is now the best equipped motor car establishment in North China nevertheless its new owners, the China Motors Ld, contemplate adding more new equip ment. Mr. A. B. Wood, well. known to the motor trade in Shanghai, left for li n Sunday 22 to take charge ranch for the China Motors In March, shortly after the China Motors Ld. had been purchased by the Shanghai Hotels, Ld., the new owners secured 12 mow of land in the Hongkew district for an immense modern assembling and body-building plant. In April Mr. Leon Friedman visited Peking, Tientsin, and other centres, establishing new sub-agencies and connexions, and it was at this time that negotiations began with Messrs. Andersen, Meyer & Ca. The present deal is the second one of consequence completed during the brief period since Mr. Leon Friedman and his brother Mr. Max Friedman were placed at the head of affairs of the China Motors Ld. connexion with the results in Shanghai schools of the Cambridge Local Examination, it is interesting to note that Master P. A. C. Chien, of St. Francis Xavier's School, who took first-class honours—in two more subjects than those that are compulsory—was only 15 years and three months old when he sat for the examination, and although an Italian, passed in such subjects as English, English Literature, Shakespeare and the New Testament. This is surely one of the most brilliant passes in this examination obtained by a pupil of a Shanghai school, and Master Chien as well as his instructors at St. Francis Xavier's Schoo] are to be heartily congratulated upon the success which attended their efforts.
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