Calder Marshall a number of local gentlemen, particularly foreign and Chinese millowners and others interested in the cotton industry, met at dinner in the Union Club on Wednesday in connexion with the scheme to establish in Shanghai a textile schoo] under Anglo-Chinese auspices. Mr. Calder Marshall presided, and the others present were Messrs. S. Barton, ¢.™.G., M. Consul-General; LIH. J. Brett, H. M. Commercial Secretary of Legation; Ji. L. Beddington, F. J. Blyth, A. F. Buyers, J. W. Brierley, P. Fowler, E. M. Gull, G. A. Hayley, J. Kerfoot, J. L. Palmer, F. G. Penfold, H. G. Simms, G. A. Turner, S. Ward, R. Wood, G. O) E. J. Surman, C. O. Nich, ©. L. Nieh, Lock Kin: bark, Koo Tse-ben, Woo Ling-shu, T. K. Yung, Wah Wei-chung, H. Y. Moh, Cheng Bai-tze, Lew Pao-sun, Cheng Yung-kwan, Tzau Sung-dah, Ging King-sing, OE. Y. Wong, Lew Hwei-chih and Ho Gee-liang. The importance of the gathering may be judged from the fact that some 1,500,000 spindles and 8,500 looms were represented by the guests.
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