The Rev. W. H. Hudspeth who is taking over the General" Secretary Ship of the British and Foreign Bible Society from the Rev. G. W. Sheppard, is no stranger. to China, for he has spend 25 years in Yunnan and is regarded as on authority onthe Intricate tribal customs of that province. Educated at" Cambridge where he took first class honours in Oriental Languages, Mr. Hudspeth fs eminently fitted for the important post which calls him to Shanghai His tong service in China has been broken only by the period of his engagement in the Great War in which he served as a Staff Captain in Prance and elsewhere. Mr. Shepard is not leaving Shanghai until Jan. 10 when he proceeds to Australia where, owing to the illness of the Secretary of the Society in the Com. monwealth, he has been prevailed upon to continue his foreign service by acting as Seerelary there for a year,
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