An Enthueiastic Welcometo Hang chow: Gift of £10,000 for Medical College From Our Own Correspondent, Hangchow, Dec. 19.
Last night, Hangchow was en fete when Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Main returned from their furlough. Some 500 students, nurses and friends met them at the station and marched with lanterns and a band leading to the Hospital, where thousands of firecrackers were let off as they entered the compound. After the noise had ceased and the smoke had disappeared, a special service of welcome and thanksgiving was held in the Chapel.
Dr. Main, while at Home, got a gift of £10,000 from Sir "Joseph (now Lord) Maclay, which he hopes to use in building a Medical College.
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