Bishop and Mrs, John Gowdy of Foochow arrived here on Monday (Dee, 24) in the s. Hupeh.
Gen, Huang Hsiao-hsiung, ex-Minister of the Interior, will assume his duties as Chairman' of the Chekiang Provincial Government after the New Year holiday:
The Southwest Political Council has appointed Mr. Lin Yun-kal, Govlernor of Kwangtung, to fil the lvacaney on the Standing Committee caused by the death of Mr. Teng Mr. Earl H. Leaf of the United Press Association left for Tien-isin on Tuesday to take charge lof the newly-opened offices there. IMr. R. H. Ekins, who opened the offices, is returning to Peking.
Lieut.-Col. K. Shibayama, assistant \Japanese military attache in Peking, has been ordered to be transferred to duty at the General Staff in Tokyo will be sueceede by Commander IT. Takahashi, who now holds a General Staff post.
Mr. K. Mizusawa, chief of the second section of the Research Bureau. lot the Tokyo Foreign Office, has been. appointed Japanese Consul-General in Hongkong, succeeding Mr. H. Acme, who has been transferred to the, [Legation in Shanghai.
Mr. A. F. H. Edwardes, one-time officiating Inspector-General of the IChinese Maritime Customs, who join-led the Manchoukuo Foreign Office as Jadvisor early in 1983, will be station led in London for another two years, the Manchoukuo State Council has Mr. Keizo Tsuchiya, director of, the foreign business section of the Mitsu! Bank, has resigned his post Jowing to ill-health. "Mr. Tsuchiya [graduated from the Tokyo Commercial College in 1912 and was manager Jof the Shanghai branch of the Bank [from 1926 to 1930. His successor has Jnot yet been selected.
Commander Barrett, Lieut.-Com-Jmander Harland. and the Wardroom OMcers of H.M'S. Cockchafer and [Scarab, despite all the disadvantages lof confined quarters and vile weather, [managed a most enjoyable cocktail party on Friday evening, prior to the. [breaking of the partnership which has Jdone such noble duty at the British Naval Buoys in the absence of their more imposing sisters. Despite a deck Naid out with the proverbial genius of the men of EM. Navy to look like the Taj Mahal on a gala occasion, guests insisted on making the perilous
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