Tue appointment of Mr. V. M. Grayburn as: chief manager of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation is confirmed.
A TeLeorast has been received in Shanghai to the effect that - Mrs Preston, the wife of Mr. A. M. Preston who has been spending a holiday in Naples, is safe, in spite of the earthquake, Tue American Consulate General interested in obtaining informa-regarding the whereabouts of My. Samuel Chalet, who has been a resident of Shanghai for the past few years and was last heard of about six months ago.
Tue American Consulate General is interested in obtaining informa.
ion regarding the whereabouts of Miss Florence Munson, an Ameérican citizen, who is reported to be a resident of Shanghai. Any formation concerning her will be appreciated.
M. Jean Kstont, who was the French Consul in Bangkok for a few years and incidentally Charge WACfaires in 1911, has now been appointed director of the Commer= cial and Press service at the Quai d'Orsay, to succeed M. Bergeton who has been appointed sub-director of the European section. He was Consul at Foochow (1918) and at Hongkong (1916), and in 1924 was appointed Commercial Attache for the Far East and Consul-General. In 1928 he was promoted to. the post of first Minister of France to Canada.
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