Anout 500 wharf and godown coolies, employed on the N.Y.K.
es, struck work at 7 p.m, Sunday." A. skeleton complement wethered from all the wharves' maintained a restricted service at the Wayside Wharf on Monday Japanese Marines have been pasted fon the wharves.
Tus Shanghai and _Woosung Bureau of Public Works is offering. prizes to those who build houses in Chinese territory. At the present! time, it is stated, there are insufficlent houses to meet the demand, and it is necessary that more Chinese should live in Chinese territory in order to set an example for others. By thig means, it is hoped the Settlement eventually will be returned to China. scrolls ud banners, headed by Few from ex-President Li Yuan-hung who personally wrote the four characters meaning "Favour Country, Good Friend." Mr. Hah Shao-fa'and Dr. Evan Morgan jointly presided.
A band from a Chinese orphanage provided music for the occasion. After introductory remarks Mr. Hah, who gave a biographical sketch of Dr, Reid's life, said:
"To-day we hold this meeting in memory of Dr. Reid's death. But} this day is also the 70th anniversary] of Dr. Reid. We may consider it as} a day in memory of his death as well as his birth. Some of us here were Dr. Reid's friends for many, many years, We should urge ourselves and put forth efforts fon behalf of Institute affairs, so that his work of 45 years in China may not be interrupted, Then this day, though Dr. Reid has passed away, is well celebrated as if he were alive.
The Memorial Tablet Mr. Hah drew attention to thal proposed inscription, in Chinese and] English, for the memorial tablet, as follows In Memory of Gilbert Reid (1837- 1627}—The sim of the Institute, to! promote peace and China and other ed from a small group picture taken five years age, occupied the place of
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.