to Shanghai "from Home, via Si-bena, last week, on October of on Home leaves Da. F. 7. Ranson left, Shanghai
upects to be away for nine months.
Mu. Perey Campbell, secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce, has returned to Shanghai from Home leave, Sir Meyerick Hewlett, x.c.atc, H, M. Consul-General at' Nanking. accompanied by Lady Hewlett and
hai on October 27 by the P. & 0. S.
s B, Hewlett, returned to Shang-
Mu. Z. I, Hribar, representative Jof the "Jugo-Slavian Bureau of Foreign Trade in China, left for Belgrade by the str. Pilsna Thursday. He is going in connection with urgent affairs which call for capital, his presence in the Jugo-Slavian News has been received that Mr. Hugh ("Buffy"), Maitland, wh now at Home on leave, has grade ed from race-riding that he took up the latter wi keenness, success that qualified for a first-class certificate in almost record ausing quite © sensation In fying Viscountess Gladstone and, Mrs.
J, Chancellor and the latter's two children arrived in. Sh Thursday by the N.Y.K.s Maru, from London.
Gladstone is. the widow of the first. Governor-General of South Africa the fourth son of the late iam Gladstone, the great Victorian Prime Minister.
Mu, R, d'Auxion de Rule and his daughter, Miss Beatrice d'Auxion. ide Ruffe, returned to Shanghai on October' 26 from France vid Siberia, Arriving at the same time were Mr, Eh. Guillemin and Mr. Andre Chollot, of Messrs, Racine Ca. accompanied by their wives; Jand Mr. Bousquier, of the Upper Yangtze Navigation Ca, and Mr Bousquier, Ar the meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council on Wednesday, Mr, N. 8, Brown stated that, as he was leaving Shanghai on November 10, he desired to tender his resign tien as a member of the Council from October 28. On behalf of the Council the Chairman (Brig.-Gen. E, B. Macnaghten) expressed refgvet at the loss of Mr, Brown's services and best wishes for his future welfare.
Taw Rt Rev, L. J. Birney, Dip, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has retired from China account of his health and he lett dial on October 30 by the st President McKinley for the United
for several years and has been ned rs, Bi Bishop
had jurisdiction over the vonferen ces in the Yangtze Aren, He pi poses to stay in California until health improves, Tue new Portuguese Consul-General at Canton, Mr, Jose Luis Archer, arrived at Canton from Europe on the 16th instant, to take the place of Dr. J. B. Ferreira da. Silva, who has been transferred to Shanghai og Consul General here. Dr. da Silva has been Senior Consul at Canton for one year, from October 9, 1930 to October 20, 1931. He arrived in Canton on May 6, 1929, being therefore, two years and five months in Canton. Dr. da Shanghai on hat, when these facilities wer pleted, the rate for the transmit fof news messages would be reduced by fifty per cent. of what they were The speaker emphasised the neces sity of wetting news. concerning. in dustrial, commercial and general leconomie development and progress. in this part of the world and not Jof the doings of so-called statesmen. Statesmen were dead politicians, according to Dr. Farrington, He urged the members "of the JAmerican. University: Club, to exert, their influence in getting actual Mews and actual facts so as to hel press "agents in this part of the world to supply the American public with facts concerning happenings. in the Far East, In conclusion, Dr. Farrington scored the censorship, of Mews by governments. The public, he said, were fed up with. propa ganda and government gontrol., of feeble, means. of, - transmission... Mews, ete., only tended. to create suse picion regarding the news swwhen it }was received abroad.
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