His Excellency was met by Kotewall, the Rev. G.. Waldegrave, and other member and proceeded to carry out the ceremony of presenting the Prince of Wales Banner to the No. 10 Hongkong Troop (St. Paul' College) which won the competition for the year.
Lady Southern, Commissioner for the Girl Guides, was Present with His Excellency at the meeting Only 'a few weeks before Lady! Southern announced the winner among the Guides of the other Prince of Wales Banner for which the latter are Iso allowed to compete. At that time she reviewed the history of the two banners. While the Prince of Wales was a guest of the Colony some eight years 0 he was provided with fan eight-coolie chair covered in red velvet.
After his departure the vel~ vet was made into the two banners for which the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides compete annually. not necessary to add that the trophies are prized as are few awards, how: ever coveted they may be.
In the course of his speech, which he prefaced with the intimation of his impending departure, the Rev. Mr.
The board of directors of the SMR. Cos has just authorized the company with capital of ¥3,000,000 to produce shale cement at approximately 100,- 000 tons annually.
For the present fiscal year, it is estimated that 25,000 tons of' shale gasolene will be producq@™ The en-{ire amount has already' sold {to the South Manchuria vElectrieity }Co. of Dairen and to the Directorate-den, General of State Railways in Muk-
The gasolene enterprise is attracting considerable interest inasmuch jas" this will be the first time in the world that gasolene is to be manufactured from shale ai. The retin: ing process was invent Raizo Ohashi, who is in charge of the Fushun Shale Oil Plant—Reuter. a warm welcome to both Mr. and Mrs.
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