Hughes Ridgway.
Martin, H.M. Consul at joining the P: & 0. S.
at Hongkong en route for Home...Mr, Martin will be recalled by many friends in Shanghai ax HIM. Vice-Consul, Assessor at te [former International Mixed Court, and Registrar of If.M, Supreme Court, ath M, Langdon.
Mr. C. S. Speyer has returned to Shanghai from Home leave. Mr. Speyer made the round trip in record time, "He spent eight weeks. in England and the rest of hi time was taken up in travel Siberia, MIN. J. Meyrier, French Consul at Tientsin who is Coming here to take ithe place of BIN. Koeehlin, the local Consul-General, during the latter's Teave in France, will arrive here on March 5, according to a statement made at the French Consulate-General yesterday Two of the leading local French officials will be leaving Shanghai on March 10 by the J.C.L. str. Tjisadana for France via Java. They fare M, Koechlin, the Consul-General for France, and Captain E. Fiori, oner of Police, M, Keech!
1 on leave Captain is retiring from China.
Tue death is announced of Ma-Jjor J. L, Isler, Swiss Counsellor of Legation and former Consul-Gener-alin Shanghai, which took place in Berne. Major Isler interested himself in French literature and shortly after his arrival in Shanghai he became a mei the Jeommittee of the Alliance Fran-oise. He played a role which wa from being honorific, spending many hours each week classifying: books, and it is very much due to him that the library bought the jcollecticns of history and memoirs which now enrich it. Phe state of his health which became more serious leach year, however did not permit him to remain in Shanghai and he was obliged to return to Swi tzerland where an important post was reserved for him in the try of Foreign Affairs. During residence in Shanghai Major Isler made himself very popular with all with whom he came into contact.
Mu. G.W. Spence, a visitor from "Sidney, Australia, who arrived here last Saturday morning, has created what would appear to be a record. Pasi through machine-gun fire Woosung and almost next to a Japanese destroyer, "he reached Shanghai at about ten o'clock. Hearing that there was a call for volunteers, he promptly enlisted in the S.V.C: and, by three o'clock in the afternoon, was wearing the uniform of a member of the Shanghai Sects Ma, and¥Mrs, W.H. Trenchard Davis and Miss EY. Dodd were in Hollywood for two weeks at the end. of January on the completion of 11,000 miles in their motor tour inthe United States. They. spent some weeks in San Francisco, Monterey, Carmel, Santa Barba and the surrounding areas. The found the "movie" atmosphere in Hollywood exhilarating and saw many of the leading "stars" and their beautiful homes and gardens. 'The travellers left Hollywood February 1 for a 9,000 miles tun to Miami, Florida, via San Antonio and New' Orleat
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