Many stout ships of war visited Japanese waters then and some of Which were paddle ships, one of which was H. M.S. Basilisk, of wood. The bluff sea dogs of the 1860's were not to be outdone in hospitality by their brothers in arms of the Camp and man} esting social functions were attend-led by the old residents aboard those fine ships.
During his long years of residence amongst us Mr. Mollison has worked hard and earnestly, interesting himeelf in many different channels Jof commercial life and endearing /himself to everyone who has been fortunate enough to come in contact with him, Easily the most. outstanding figure in our present day social life, he has identified himself with all those activities that are worth while and of public interest, His charming life partner, Mrs. J, Mollison, who presides with stately grace over the Kamakura home, might well be termed the Mother of Kamakura." With lifetime's residence in pretty Kamaplayed a great game with the ball] hura it is not surprising that even and bat and made a name for him; the little children, as well as all the self. elderly folk, know her and mention her name with affection, The Bokhara Disaster Tt is good to have amongst us In the same match in which Capt. such sterling, upright people as the Brinkley played, another _member Mollisons, May they be spared for Jof the cricket team was a Lieut. many years to remain amongst_us. Tanner and who was after rards Jdrowned in the terrible disaster the str, Bokhara returning from /Skanghai to Hongkong with o irom! JAPAN'S SILK CROP cricket enthusiasts.
Alter a stay of some years in Shanghai Mr. Mollison came to [Japan in 1867, The great fire Jjust taken place and the small Uement in Yokohama was at that! time a scene of desolation, So bad the plight of the local foreign' residents of those days that they had to make urgent calls on the wardrobes of friends in Shanj and other China ports, for it wil be Femembered that in those far off ies Yokohama did not have, the stocks -of foreign goods that the [shops carry to-day and what little there-was, had been cleaned out by the flames, Old Days in Yokoham:
According to. an investigation of the Central Silk Association, made June 5, the spring cocoon yieht this year is estimated to be 42,707,800 kwan, which shows a cline of 1,426,500 kwan or 8.2 per cent. as compared with the actual crop last year, 44,194,900 kyan. Another estimate completed bys the Japan Raw Silk Association at-the end of May, arrive kwan. This' figure a decline of 505,686 kwan or 1.1 per cent, below the actual crop "last year. The latest oficial report prepared by thd Department fof Agriculture and, Forestry covering the whole of Japan except the 1d Hokkaido, estimates The document explaining his act is @ most interesting human document, which. attempts to tell the dead man's friends the mental state of a man who commits suicide, "regarding which nothing has yet been written." Throughout this Last memoir, Akutagawa seeks to defend suicide and refuses to admit that. self-destruction coald be either a sin or a crime. On the contrary, he thinks that unusual bravery is need-the man or woman who Aecides to shuttle off this mortal coil.
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