Although this body has the same name as a former Inbour organisation, there is no connection in personnel or purpose, This meeting ras called after the Municipality group, subsequent to their two recent defeats, realised that they had. om!
tecnatives, either to disband or Jjoin forces with the new body.
How complete was their. temper) ary defeat at least, may Be day and many were turned away, owing to lack of seating spee, There was no lack, however," of ample quantities of food and' refreshment, and with the stroke of midnight, genuine joviality reigned.
At the Astor House, about 1,000 persons dined in three' main rooms, at the Cathay reservations had been closed for more than a week, at the Palace the tea lounge was set aside for dinner, at other places from the Oinderella'to the extremes of the Settlement and the French Concession, full houses were reported.
The various services, military did things in great style, officers and men alike. enjoying sumptuous repasts of turkey, cran-derry jelly and the usual delicacies talion the Lincolnshires "entertained a number of civilian friewida and similarly were entertained by families during the past 48
The usual round of entertainment was enjoyed, families and clubs affording facilities for a continuous stream of motorcar—journeying from one place to another. Br. and Mrs. "Cunningham were at Home at their annual reception and among the guests attending were Crown Prince of Abyssini B. Macnaghten, Chi the Municipal Council, American and international 4 Shanghai Fire Brigade, 4. Gordon Dyson, Chief Officer re-
noon, Mr. -M. Chapeaux,. Com-ug, extended its hospitality at mandant of the former Volunteer Brigade in the French Concession, and Capt. Cornet, present Chief [Officer of the French Brigade, were among those present, as was Col. N.W.BB. Thoms, At the Columbia Country 'Club, the Board of Governors entertained members and their friends in the largest function of "New Year's Among Chinese officials, the affair of the week-end was' held under the auspices of the Kuomintang between 10.80 and 11.45 a.m., in their headquarters at the West Gate." Refreshments were serv to. 50 or more guests and appropriate patriotic "speeches "were from the proposals for reorganisation a8 outlined at this meeting."Ja short, the qualifications of members lof both bodies for, members! to be investigated, butt tigation will be conducted by. the Inewcomers, Further, Mr. Pan Kuhgchai, Chief of the Bureau of Sociat Afairs, has resigned, it being called, that he was: the prime mover {in the organisation of the Shanghai Municipality General Labour Union."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.