New Official Flag and Seal Reed under any circumstances. He was not adverse to advice and hop-fed that all would give him their advice and assistance, He wed to. receive. the ce-operation Of all, as he realized the enormous tank th which be was contented, wished. that "he could, -expbess was not a. good. speaker and
Adequately what was in his mind, However, suffice to say, ho thanked them from the bottom of his heart.
'The rod to Lunghua and. the yamen fteelt were heavily guarded by armed forces and police. Over the doors of the yamen were the Kuiomintang flags, and in the main hall, was a portrait of the late Dr. Sus' Yatsen, as well as hundreds of congratulatory scrolls, Among those. present were lead ing officials and members of the local merchant body, who attended in force to offer their congratulat-fons to the new Commissioner.
Gen, Hsiung Shih-hui has had a very interesting career. Ho is 35 years of age and a native of Anyu District, Kiangsi, " Beginning life in poverty, he made his way up and graduated' from the Paotingfu and the Japanese Imperial military Academies. Upon his return to China, ho was made a regimental commander and served in Yunnan, following which he was appointed director of education in the Ta-sha-quired by After ha been in use fur the past 59 years, the seal and flog now serving as of the Shanghai Municipal Cou probably will be "scrapped" in the near future to yield to a more up-to-date design. This change will take place provided that one out of the numerous designs which are being submitted in a competition announced by the Council, can be chosen as satisfactory.
'The old seal, a replica of which appears below, was designed 1809, by Mr. Oliver, who wi at that' time the Council's engineer. Approved the same year, the design tao Military "Academy in Kuang-tug. After serving with the Anti Northern Expeditionary Forees, he was appointed a member of the Kings! Provincial Commission and commander of the 1at Division, 14th Army Corps, in Pukien. He was ext' appointed commander of the Tat Division, 13th Army Corps, and later concurrent associate, com ander of the 13th Army Corps.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.