A targe crowd of Japanese, Chinese, and foreign business men and officials attended the opening of the Mitsubishi Bank, Ld., at 36 Kiukiang Road, last Wednesday morning, when they were the guests ofr, Munefumi Yamamuro, the managing director, at an inaugural reception between 11' and 12 o'clock, The official guests, who numbered several hundred, entered through the main door of the bank, and were received by Mr. Yamamuro in. an office set aside for the purpose, They then joined the ever-growing throng congregated in. the banking hall on the ground floor, where light retreshments were partaken of, and the various offices and the safe vault were inspected.
accordance with Japanese the opening of the bank actually started with a private Shinto religious ceremony from 8 to 9 o'clock in the morning, when none but Japanese officials of the bank were present. On Tuesday evening, leading Chinese and Japanese business men were the quests of Mr. Yamamuro at a dinner held in the Rokusan Gardens, near Hongkew Park, while that night Mr. Yamamuro, who came over to Shanghai from' Tokyo specially in order to attend the opening ceremonies, was host to a large gathering of Japanese officials and then at a dinner held in the Club, Sune, has lived for many years in the Far East, and has been in the service of the Panchen Lama for the past four years—Reuter,
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