The Archive · 1937

NEW COMPANIONWAY AT

Passengers arriving on Nippon Yusen Kaisha vessels will no longer be at the mercy of the tides of the Whangpoo in boarding and leaving their ships.

An olectricatly operated companionway, designed to remain level rekardless of the vagaries of the tide, made its debut at the Wayside whart on March 24.

The new appliance will be used for the disembarkation and embarkaion of passengers from trans-Pacitie vessels and the "Kuni"-class ships on the Orient-Europe run, Russian Churches, are held daily on Becount of Great Lent. Maren 24 marked the 136th anniversary of the murder of Emperor Paul I; snd on that day Bishop John conducted in Si. Nicholas Military Church in Rue Corneille the requiem service for the deaths of Emperors Paul I, Alexander UH, and Nicholas 11—the three Emper~ ors of AM Russia who met death at the hands of their fellow men.

Last Saturday Russian rtillerists—former boarders of the Constantine Military College held an anniversary dinner at the Ex-Ofleers' Club. in Rue Lafayette, which wat attended not only by the artletists themselves, but by many other oticers of the Immperiat Army & Navy.

Medical Society Meets Last week members of the Russian 'M-dical Society held their annual meeting. Dr. D. 1, Kazakov gave a on the application of the new lungs; and demonstrated his table ims and with patients, The Gent of the Society, Dr. A. V, Tane, thanked the speaker who hod labour ed long over his papers and had given much new and interesting informa: ton.

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