mas Festivities: On the Yangtze: Shanghai's Traffic:
Dr. Wang and Legations: Likin the Long-lived nion Jack Club—Christmas Yangtze Shootings Entertainment To Editor of the the Editor of the "NontH-Criwa Dairy News."
1R—It has. been my custom for ie years to sond out a personal private appeal to a number of nds to subscribe to the above at ristmas either in cash or in kind, ing for small donations towards general expenses or for articles h as Christmas puddings, cakes, nrettes, cigars, ete, "NontH-Citia Dany News."
Sim+I should like to call your attention to the shooting upon the steamers plying between Hankow and Tehang.
Every steamer during the last] month or six weeks plying between Shanghai and Hankow have been fired upon, and I am given to understand that fung on our Middle River steamers is more severe than heretofore.
"he whole thing has now become large, that I think the old pro-ure is hardly fair, particularly so many of my personal friends now left China or gone the y of all flesh, and I therefore ture for the first time to make lething in the nature of a public jouncement, We shall this year entertaining about 1,500 Sailors Soldiers in the Clab on Christ-afternoon and evening, and yoyer undesirable it may be to the public to "subscribe" towards cost of such an event, I feel sure re are many, both known and mown to me, who would like to @-a share in it, this affair is merely an ex-sion of goodwill to our land and forces, and not by any means a ter of public charity, I shall keno further announcement on subject but will be glad to re-any cash donations at this (No, 2 Canton Road) or any int kind at the Union Jack b (Myburgh Road).
E. 8, Witxinsox, Hon, Secretary, Uston Tack Chun, nghai, Dee, 15, 1990.
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