Mr, H. G. W. Woodhead is to be warmly "congratulated on heading the poll for the second time in the election of the 'British Residents' Association. He has received an exceptionally high proportion of the Votes cast, only about. 30" electors refraining' from voting Giosely "following "hing Harold Porter. and Aix.
MacDonald while all other members of the old committee have been re-lected." The work put th during the first year of the Association's existence has thus been recognised, will be noted that "the women Widates again failed to Win igle seat on the Committee, The humerieal strength of the British Jeommunity in Shanghai is. judged fo"be somewhere in the neighbour hood of 6,500, s0, making allowance for children, ft-may be roughly ealculated that the voters represent About one-fifth, of the potential membership of the Association. The. defeated candidates have reason to el ashamed of the results They all secured a good measure of however, disappointed they may be,
support. and, taking. parliamentary standards as a guide, they' do not appear to have exposed themselves the indignity of forfeiture if such corrective to political ambition vere applied here. The new. mem= bers. of the Committee are Mr. F.C. Master, Mr, C.D. Pears Me. Stephenson, ite.
Forster and Inv. 8. I Peek, all of whom have proved themselves Public life before now, Mr, Porter ind Mr. W, J. Hawkings are mem: ters who were ce-opted to the Comi= mittee inthe course of the last year.
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