The announcement has been made that Mr. B.S, Benbow Rowe has. een appointed Secretary. of the, Shanghai Municipal Council. Since the "resignation of Mr. Norman, Liddell, Mr. Rowe has been Acting Secretary, and his full appointment is now confirmed.
Mr, Edward Stanhope Benbow Howe is a ro of the late Mr.
Bryant Rows, missioner of Hands and for Western ted at St ugo, Ware, Hertfor at the University of Louvain, and entered the Council's wervieg in 1005, In 1910 he was Assistant Sceretury, and fen the resignation of Mr. Liddell, became Acting Seeretars During his tenure of office in the:
Serretuviat he has acted as seer tory to the Loan Redemption Commission and to the Building Rules Commission. "He is blessed with an extraordinarily retentive memory, which, extended over nearly 20 yours of service, is most valuable in Council work.
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