Guard of Honour Mounted at French Bund Departing on nine months home leave, M. Meyrier, Consul-Generat for France, sailed on Saturday in the MIN, inv. Felix Roussel, accompanied by Mme Meyrier and their daughter, 'M. Wilden, French Minister to Chinia, and Ime Wilden, were at the Consulate-General and watched, from the upper verandah, M. Meyrler take' the salute of the guard of honour provided by the French Police on the Quai de France 'A trumpet salute greeted Meyrier as he left the Consulate. General, followed by the playing of the. Marseillaise. Accompanied by M. Verdier, Director-General of the French Municipality, M. Colffard, supervising Consul, and Capt. Galbie, acting Commissioner of Police, the Consul-General walked down the long, line of police with rifles at the "present," while Mme Meyrier and young daughter came a tittle distance behind, - accompanied by Lieut. Blanchet,' Assistant Commis: sioner of Police, Friday, M. Meyrier was honoured by members of the Consular Body who presented him with silver cigar box, appropriately: Me scribed, and Mr. Edwin S, Cunning ham, American Consul-General, doyen of the Consular Body, made short speech in which he expressed the regret of himself and his cole leagues at his departure and tendered to him their good wishes, While some ettles in China Inst on. bicycle registration, Mr. Chao Plans to recommend that these laws suspended, atleest. temporarily, order to stimulate the "use of bicycles. generally. A. similar rangement has Fegulted in popularts~ ing. this mode of travel in certain European countries, he. pointed out a secondary, thoweh not. unim= Dortant aspect of the scheme, he #04 ested the edveatlonal benefits to. derived. through more. individual of mass education which Whenever new faces are seen. regularly in small and hitherto isolated communities, Thus, a group travell-Ing. along China's highways on Dleyetes would learn more of their own country, and bring to each village along their way, some knowledge of other provincials.
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