New Zealand's Amazing Progress Colonel N. W. B. B. Thoms was guest of honour at a' luncheon of. the Union Club of China on July. 12, when Mr. 'D. W. M. Price presided over a large gathering of members and their friends, In view of the non-political and cosmopolitan character of the Union Club, Colonel Thoms, who is a most versatile speaker, chose to speak on New Zealand, although if he could only have beer! persuaded to have Spoken on the recent upheaval in Shanghai the company present would have learned (inter alia) how versatile the Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps has to be in order to discharge his duties with Satisfaction to himself and the community in general, Col. Thoms took his hearers from the days of the whalers and missionaries who first landed in New Zealand and traced its amazing commercial, political and social progress up to the present time, and the end of the luncheon, 90 per. cent, of the people. present had decided to either retire to New Zealand or; at-any rate, to visit the country'as soon as possible, The Committee of the Union Club are to be congratulated on the selection of their guests. On June 30, the committee and members fad the: pleasure of entertaining Chao Kung, who gave an interesting lecture on Buddhism," tracing the historical allegorical and religious aspect of Buddhism from its inception to the Present time, The above interesting photograph of Quatorze Juillet festivities was
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