Ing. and Mrs. E. E. Parsons have returned to Shanghai from Japan where they have spent the last three months on holiday.
A cory of the Motor Road map of North China, which combines with practical advice for trips and motor car repairs by Hans Goldau, M.E., has been received.
Dock workers in Marseilles to-day announced through their syndicate that they would refuse to load cargo on the Japanese ship Kashima Maru which was to arrive yesterday.
Over 6,000 fishermen are now out of work in Amoy harbour as a result of the acts committed by Japanese warships against fishing vessels off the coasts, says a dispatch to the "China Times."
A cory of Technical publications of the International Tin Research and Development Council for August, has been received. The issue embodies an article on "Fusible Alloys containing tin" by E. J. Daniels, M.Sc.
Tue Nanking Theatre announces an alteration in their morning matinee programmes—to-day at 10.30 am, "The 13th Chair" will be presented and to-morrow at the same hour, owing to numerous requests, the "Moonlight Sonata."
Comemep by Dr. C. L. Hsia, the Council of International Affairs at Nanking has issued a bulletin of "Foreign Press opinions on Sino-Japanese Hostilities in Shanghai, 1997" The pamphlet comprises editorial comments from this journal and the "Shanghai Evening" Post" during August and September.
Tae preacher at the morning service ins the Cathedral to-morrow will be the Rev. Michael Bruce, who will speak on "The Y.M.C.A. in the present Emergency. Mr. Bruce will be returning to England shortly and this will probably be the last time he will preach in the Cathedral.
Miss Ann Hsin Wang, youngest daughter of the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. C. T. Wang, entered George Washington University to continue her studies in psychology. Miss Wang started her college studies in Peiping but was interrupted when Sino-Japanese hostilities broke out there.
Mr. Meng Shih-yi, Director of the Revenue Bureau in East Szechuen, who was tried and convicted by the Headquarters of the Generalissimo in Chungking on charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds, was executed on October 21, states a special dispatch to the "Shun Pao."
Tue Kiangsu Provincial Government has decided to establish granaries for the purpose of storing up huge quantities of grains to meet the demands of the emergency period, states a dispatch to the "China Times." The provincial administration is now making a census of the total population in all its districts.
WasmmcroN, D.C. shoppers were startled on Wednesday to find that a Pennsylvania Avenue Japanese gift shop had over night become the Chinese Bazaar. For thirty years the Japanese shop has been a fixture on the capitol city. Its owners, Macy Cohen and David Goldberg, changed the sign over their front door after failing to sell a single Japanese tea set in a special sale.
Iv compliance with a request by local public health authorities, the International College in Ferguson Road has decided to loan its spacious premises for the opening of a base hospital, states a report to the "Hwa Mei Pao." It is understood that with the hostilities in and around Shanghai gathering momentum every day, the accommodation for wounded soldiers in various war hospitals here has been taxed to the limit.
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