from England Singapore, Nov. 6.
Under the command of Wing Commander W. H. Dunn, the five Short-Singapore NI flying-boats which left England on October 16 to strengthen the establishment of the Far East Command of the Royal Air Force arrived here to-day. The squadron had been temporarily serving in the Middle East in the past year, The journey, which involved a fight of 8,000 miles, was made via Bordeaux, Malta, Aboukir, Lake Habiniyah, Basra, Ras-al-Khaimah, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta and ind Mrs. Giles, daughter-in-law of the late Sinologue and author of the Giles dictionary, Lady Hosie at one they also visited the Martyrs' Cemetery and other places of interest, From there they went to Showyang time lived in Taiyuan. Her father, the and Pingtingchow where they visited, late W. E. Soothill, was president of among others, fellow Californians, Shansi University for a number of years and is also known by his pocket Abolishing Narcotics Use Gietlonary and other books. Besides The Anti-Narcotic Society of Tal-visiting @ number of places of me yuan has been putting forth greater terest, meeting old friends and mak-efforts during the Jast year and for Ing new ones Lady Hosie za three days over the Double Tenth lustrated lecture at the ¥.W. held many meetings, promoting the 'a full house, showing pictures of th important and urgent matter of non-Chinese Art Exhibit in London, indulgence. Marshal Yen has plans. on paper for eradicating the drug habit within a few years and it is the hope of all good citizens that Exhibit, And it was extremely in-plan will operate to the effective teresting to hear the lecturer's ex-abolishment planation and presentation of the ince., The authorities without the rare collection, support of the people cannot succeed, 'Mr, and Mrs, J, 4 Overholizer, and neither can the Anti-Narcotic: orange growers of Covina, California, Society, merely working among the who are on a trip to the Orient repeople,' without the support of the cently paid a visit to Shansi. Ha Government. Both public sentiment ing several personal friends in_ the by education and Law enactment and 'Church of the Brethren Mission they enforcement by the authorities need. were eager to visit them and see sch "other in fighting this' great something of their work. In Taiyuan social evil, cedars
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