Its Many Activities: Charity, the Ball and Scholarships Now that arrangements are hand for the Society's annual ball, linen are once more reminded of the activities of their National Society. The ball will be held at the Majestic Hotal on Monday, April 23, The principal activities of the Society' are in the nature of charitable relief to Englishmen in distress and it is hoped that the result of the ball will augment the funds aysilabie for this purpose.
With a view to encouraging stud~ ents of English history, ete,, the Society offers scholarships of $100 each for the successful girl and boy at the annual examinations which were held on Wednesday, by courtesy, at the Chartered Bank Building, Mr. 0, M. Green and Mr, Reader Harris and' Mrs, Kirk are the examiners and there will be Koen competition between the 18 candidates who have already entered for these examinations Sport, is not neglected, for a rangements are being made for the semi-annual golf match to be played between St, Andrew's Society and St. George's Society on April 29, It will be recalled that the cup for this event was presented by the late Mr, John Prentice, It is now in th possession of the Scottish and th English will have to look to their Inurels if they are to: wrest the tro~ phy from their Northern friends, Members of the Shanghai Society will he interested to know that branches of St. George's Society. have recently been formed at Har= Vin and Tsingtao and Englishmen in these ports will have the portunity of celebrating their Ni tional Day in the time-honoured manner, The Tsingtao branch is under the Presidency of Mr. HLF. King, the British Consul, with Mr. W.G, Hollyer as Secretary, while the Harbin branch is being organized by Mr, M. W. Wood of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank, It is pleasing to know that'tho Shanghai branch keep' in touch wit members who have left Shanghai and only recently letters were ceived from Sir Havilland Sausmercz and Sir Edward Péareo conveying greetings to the Society of which they were.at one time Provident,
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