Mr. E. E, Wallwork of the Monotype Corp, Ltd.. returned yesterday by the s. Conte Rosso, Cops of Technical Publications Nos. 6 Series B and 66 Series A, published by the International Tin Research and Development Council have been received at this office, Tre Dah Kong Bank in Ninzpo Road, which was closed some tine ago, was due to re-open its doors to business yesterday, states a report to the "Social Daily News."
Mr, H. Berents, who has been the Municipal Council's appointee on the Land Commission for the past seven years, has been re-appointed by the Council as its representative for the municipal year 1938/9.
THE Great Northern Telegraph Ca., Lid. have the following unclaimed cables in their officer—Carlsen, 278
Hardoon Road from Hongkong:
Wanedeisian Post from Harbin and Nielsen, 360 Rue Bourgeat from Aalborg, Min, Vu Ya-ching, a well-known local shipping magnate end doyen of the Chinese members of the Shanrhai Municipal Council, left here for Ninrpo by boat on December 20 to attend to some private business, states a report to the "Sin Wen Pao." The aged merchant will return to Shanghai in a few days time, says the paper.
Mr. Chen Hao-ching, head of the department of education for the Chinese in the Shanghai Municipal Council. will give a lecture at the next meeting of the International Club to be held on January 5, 1938, on the subject, "The Problem of Faueation for 300,000 Refugees in Shanghai." says a report to the "Sin Wen Pao,"
Tie Commissioner of Public Works, SM.C,, reports that the whole of the Fastern and part.of the Northern Districts remained closed throughout November, and no departmental work, other than a reduced cleansing service was carried out. Int the "Western District Sewage Works all work on the new sedimentation tanks remained suspended owing to the hostilities. access being impossible.
More than half of the refugees in the "Jacquinot Zone" have left the zone to enter relief centres opened in Nantao by the Japanese authori-lies, states a report to the "Hwa Mai Pao." Owing to this decrease in the number of its charges, the International Relief Committee, under whose auspices the zone was opened, has reduced its staff of relief workers by one half, There will be a special meeting of the Shanghai Missionary Association at 516 pin. on Thursday. December 30, in room 305. Missions Building. 169 Yuen Ming Yuen Road.
Mr. J, Merle Davis. secretary of the Social and Industrial Research of the International Missionary Council. will sneak on "The Church in the Far East" All missionaries here are invited to attend.
Tue Shanghai Municipal Council Health Report for the week ending midnight, December 25, shows that the tota! number of deaths from all causes in the Settlement were-
Foreigners 3 d Chinese 1
Deaths from notifiable dis ~-Foreigners Tuberculos Chi Measles 146: Dsyentry 18: Diphtheria 15; Tubercujosis 12; Typhoid Fever 9; Beri-beri 5; and Cholei and Leprosy 1 each.
Tue augmented choir of the St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. which appeared recently with such our in combination with the Municipal Orchestra. will sing a programme to-night in the hall of the French Municipal School. Under the leadership of I. A. Kolchin, and preceded by a 15-minute lecture on aspects of the concert, they will render, unaccompanied, a variety of church chorals, Tue Reading Society under the auspices of the Chinese Y, M.C.A. in Shanghai, which has done yeoman service in cultivating the habit of studying among local student and vocational circles for a number o years, has recently been dissolved States a message to the "Shih Tai Wan Pao," Dissolution is learnt to have followed "advice" given by the authorities of the French Concession Mr, Li Shih-hao, former Minister of Finance under the Peking Government and a prominent member of the pro-Japanese Anfu Party who recently joined the "Provisional Government" in Peiping, has already arrived in Shanghai from North China in connection with Japanese plans for the establishment of a new political regime for districts in Kiangsu and Chekiang now under their military occupation. says a special report to the "Ta Wan Pao."
A MOVEMENT is afoot among for-residents in Ningpo for the ion of refugees' zones in Ningpo and Shaohsing, states a Chinese report to the "Hwa Mei Pao," These two districts. is has been pointed out by these foreigners, possess no military importance, but will be much needed 1o give shelter to refugees fleeing the war zone i Chekiang province. With the fall of Hangchow, they state. such a need has become all the more pressing. Delegates of the foreign community in Ningpo, it is learnt, have already arrived in Shanghai to conduct negotiations with Japanese authorities on this project
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