The meeting, to which this body of men and women are now going, is one of the regular meetings of the International Missionary Council which has been specially larged. so that" leading Christians from Africa and the East may be present, and take full part in all the discussions. The Council is the means whereby Protestant missionary organizations in every part of the world can be consulted together about their common problems. fame into existence at Crans on the shores of Lake Geneva in the summer of 1920. The after-war situation had made plain the urgent need of a truly representative coun: il of missionary leaders, and plans had been. made for the unofficial though useful Edinburgh Contin tion Committee to hand over its work to the new council then. Tu the various countries that send missionaries, representative organizations exist and these appoint each so many members. on the Council. {Tes work has included the undertak-of special studies on such problems as rural education in Tadia. the place of women in the Church, conditions affecting missions formal dance and_ entertainment promoted by the staff of the Jardine Engineering Corporation and pre ented at the Union Club on Mon day. The guest of the evening was Ale. G. 8. Aveyard, and the occasion was 'a farewell prior to the d parture of the popular chief on a trip to England and America which will embrace both business and pleasure.
The programme was featured by topical parodies to well-known songs, which reflected much credit on certain members of the firm's staff, including the ladies, Mrs. Carr in particular is a singer who is all too seldom heard. As master of ceremonies, Bir. A, P, Simoes excelled himself, and the whole arrangement left nothing to be desired,
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