Mr. Donald MacDonald _has returned to Shanghai, from leave, accompanied by his. family, 'Mn.-D. C. Burn of the' Asiatic Petroleum C2, has sailed on furlough to England on.the Empress. of, Russia, Ar the last meeting of the! Councit of the Royal Empire Society, Messrs. Arthur O. Albergo and Richard I. Hope, of Shangiai, were elected as Fellows.
Mu." W. Morrix, a director of the British American Tobacco Ca, has arrived by the President Lincoln. He is accompanied by his wife, and is on a combined business and" pleasure trip from "London.
De, Edward W. Wallace, Associate General Secretary of the China Christian Educational Association, has received word of his appoint. ment as Chancellor and President of Victoria University, Toronto, Canada, Mins. Fox, wife of the commercial attache of H..M. Logution at Peking, left the northern city on November 23 for Tientsin and Shanghai. Mrs. Fox is to sail from Shanghai on December 3 in the Rawalpindi for India, -to visit her son, Mr, Perey Fox, who is stationed with his regiment, the Ist. Buffs, at Bareilly, Ini 'A PLEASING ceremony was enacted on Decemaber 3 at the Customs Jetty, the occasion being the departure for six months-at Home of Mr. R. G. MacDonald,—Assistant Commi sioner (Specials). Representative detachments from all Divisions, commanded by Mr. W.' J. Gande, composed a guard of honour, which Mr. MacDonald inspected ' before departing in the Rawalpindi, Mr, Gande will command the Specials during Mr. MacDonald's absence, Mr. Grénvold, the Norwegian Consul-Geners gave a farewell lunch at the 'Shanghai Club Jon November 20, for Mr. Aall, the Norwegian Minister, who' is shortly leaving China, Those present were, besides the host and the chief guest: Lillichook, Mr. Koeehlin, Mr, Groe man, Mr.'Tillitse, Mr. Pischer, Mr. Myers, Mr. Wright, Mr. Thoresen, Mr. Rein, Mr, Herlofsen, Mr. Som, Mr. 'Tham,' Mr. Berents, Mr. Jensen, Mr. Sabelstrom," Mr. Olansjen, Mr, Johnson and Mr. Green, Acconpinc to the vernacular prea, Dr John, Farguon hae donated a large sum of mo the erection of an atta building for the University of Nanking,"
Tu American Consulate General interested in obtaining informa tion, regarding the whereabouts of Arthur J. MeMahon who was employed by the Shanghai Municipal Council prior to January, 1929, Wa have been informed, saya a Hankow paper, that Mr." Russell Brown will succeed Mr. Lancelot Giles ca.m. as HM. Consul here, the latter having been transferred to Tientsin, Mr. Brown is ex-in Henkow about the end of January, Miss R. Venn-Brown was pre. sented with a handsome travelling clock by Mr, J, G, Clay, chairman of the Uniteg Services' Association, at a meeting held at their offices last 'Tuesday, in recognition of services rendered to the Association for the Past few yours in connection with organization of "Poppy" day, Major "H. Price-Williams, 0.3.0, M.c,, under whose direction the eon: cert' on Armistice night at the Embassy Theatre was so successfully produced, was presented with silver cigarette case. The recipient suitably responded.
Aono the passengers who have loft for western China was the Rev. George W. Sparling, Dp,, of the West China Union University, Chengtu, who, with his family haw just returned from a furlough spent in Canada. The Rev, A. J. Brace, also of the Mission Board of the United Church of Canada, is returning with his family to Chengtu, where ho will be engaged in work with the YALC.A, Miss E. D. Graham of the same mission is also returning to the West, where she will take up work in Chungking. Accont= panying these workers on a visit to the field are Mrs, J. MacGillivray, president of the Woman's Mission: xy Society of the United Church, Miss J. Harvie, and the Rey. J. Arnup, Dd, all from Toronto, Canada.
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