Awong the passengers leaving Shanghai by the Empress of Australia was Mr. Hugo Reiss, who has gone to Hongkong. He anticipates returning to Shanghai about the first week in February, Mr. Kenneth Martin left by the "Empress of Australin for Hongkong on an important business trip. The date of his return to Shanghai is dependent on the Wingth of time the matter on which he is engaged requires to transact, Mazon-General W. Crozier, 'A, who was chief ordnance officer of the American forces in the Boxer relief expedition to Peking in 1900 and served in France as a member of the War Council, is in Shanghai, Amone the passengers leaving the "str. President Wilson—on Wednesday were Mr, and Mrs, George B. Fryer "and their daughter Roberta... During Mfr. Fryer's absence in America for six months Mr. S, Hocking has been Jappointed acting superintendent and the Institution for Chinese Blind Da. F. B, Baldwin, Vice-President and medical director of the Asia Life Insurance Ca, sailed in the Empress of Australia for Hongkong, to attend the joint conference fof the British Medical Association and the China Medical Missionary Assn. He will then proceed. to Bangkok in the interests of the Asia Life in Siam, returning vid Malaya ind the Straits Settlements early March, named Henry Poxlman and a Russian named Leon H, Rabishofsky have been arrested for attempting to sell two Mauser pistols and 25 rounds of ammunition, The pair are described ay foreigners of undesirable type."
Tue Rev. Father Rector of Sieci wei College thanks the Stewards of the Shanghai Race Club for the gift $500, contributed towards the maintenance of the numerous re fugees (upwards of 7,000), who thronged to the Mission for protec. ition and safety on the occasion of the recent fighting around Siccawei.
Tue French Municipal Council hax made the following allocations of grants in aid:—Tls, 4,000 for the Russian xoup kitchen (increased from Tls. 2,000); Tls. 5,000 to the Cercle Frangais (an increase in the annual grant from Tis, 2,640); TIs, 200 to the Shanghai Museum, an increase of Tis, 100. The Council has alo made a loan of Tls. 8,000 to the Cercle Brangais, repayable by yearly instalments of TIs, 500 each, 'THE, first motor ear stolen in Shanghai for quite a long time disappeared on Saturday night between 8 and 11 o'clock whilst lying. outside of No. 25 Route Corneille, This belonged to Mr, W. J. Brown of the Shanghai Gus Ca, and was numbered 4712. Tt was an owner driven, two-seater, 8 h.p. Rover car, cooled, with air scuttles at the ides of the bonnet, This should be stern warning to car owners who drive their own cars, snd it should be seen that ours ure carefully looked before being left in the streets, Those intending to buy ears should take Jeareful note of the details ut this stolen car.
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