News has been received of the death of Mrs, Alexander Campbell which took place st her rexidenee, St, rannock's, Eastbourne, on the 11th, tant. The announcement must cause great regret to a very large number of people in Shanghai who knew her intimately while she was. a resident here, and the greatest sympathy will be expressed for the members of her family, of whom the best known locally is Captain Alister Campbell, at present at, Home.
Mrs. Campbell was a Miss Sinclair prior to her marriage to Mr. Alexander Campbell, the well-known cha zee. At one time M and Mrs. Campbell resided at. Ki kiang, but subsequently had a house in Peking Road, when the central district of the Settlement was not '80 congested as it is now. Afterwards they lived in Love Lane, The ten business of course took Campbell. every year to Hankow, where Mrs. Campbell was. well-known, and her striking personality will be remembered there as it by the more senior residents Shanghai, In order to superintend the education of her family, Mrs, Campbell went to live at Home number of years ago, and her house at Eastbourne was always a gather-ice for those on leave from hospitality, as that of The deceased was a sister of Mrs.
A. J. Macray, by whom, as well as by two sons and two daughters, she is survived. Her husband predeceased her by a few years, having, ied during the course of the war. homes. The same writers ask the Chamber of Commerce to issue statement showing exactly how many men have been repatriated and how many are still at large or have been taken into new armies. hang has published the following notice in the vernacular press:—The Fengtien army has not come here for revenge, but only to subdue rebels and soldiers who have been disobeying the orders of the Central Government and causing trouble. We have been instructed to repatriate all defeated soldiers and to prevent others from looting and being a menace to the people. Our soldiers have gone out and captured a large number of these, who have since been sent to their'native homes. It came to our notice in this connexion that a num= ber of imposters have been using *|the good name of our soldiers for ulterior purposes; all, thereto warned that anybody found thus offending will be arrested and punished severely according to the The Shanghai Chinese General and District Chambers of Comtmerce have discussed the question of repatriating disbanded soldiers. It was stated that the Chamber has to pay about $10,000 daily for food for these mon, und the Government has "permitted" the Chamber to raise a loan of $200,000 with which to repatriate the men and promised to refund it within three months. No definite action was taken, but a meeting will be held in a couple of days to discuss the question and to appeal to the merchants. to subscribe to the loan, The merchants also discussed the problem of the use of the Fengtien Bank Notes, which the District Chamber of Commerce has consented to use. Some of the merchants are
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