Consular Inquiries as Resutt of Newspaper Picture An extraordinary case of mis taken identity, with a Shanghai connection, has just come to light. For obvious reasons, the names. concerned are not divulged, but the facts are as given, During the war, a young man engaged with one of the belligerents was, so far as his family. could ascertain, made prisoner. Their ji) subsequent inquiries elicited that he was shifted in turn to several prisoner camps in the enemy coun-tay and finally was sent to one of the enemy's colonies. After tnat all trace of him was lost, Even after the war, and the repatriation of prisoners, he could not identified.
'The years passed, the troubles of 1925 broke out in Shanghai, and the S.V.C, were called to duty. 'Amongst the busiest' people in those hectic times were the many photographers, te whom such occasions are able godsends, for. inters photographs find a ready over the world. Scottish soldiers have an appeal in any country, it seems, and amongst the photographs reproduced in a newspaper in the young man's country was one depicting two stalwart young fellows of the Shanghai Scottish. This was seen by the young fellow He was not a Seotsman—he wag engaged on the but one of the two was were made and eventually of that country in Shanghai a copy of the Photograph, with fall particulars, but one illustration of the multifarious duties which fall to the lot "of consuls in foreign parts, A member of the consulate Half "visited our office, convinced. that journalistic general knowledge, reinforced by that of two members our. staff in the Shanghai Scottish, would provide the right answer. Even then the mystery. continued and a novelist might find first-class plot in it, Neither of the two men in the photograph—both easily identified by several of their comrades in, the Shanghai Scottish—are at present in Shany ai, One is known to be with South Amerien or ju Canada. 'Tha other, the subject of the extraordinary identification, joined the unit shortly before' the 1925 trouble, and he left it and Shanghai shortly after, and no one knows where he ihat the present time, He bore a good Scots name in Shanghai and he had all the characteristics of a Scotsman, and those who knew him out here are prepared to vouch that he could not be the lad a heartbroken mother has identified inn casual photograph. Yet, who can say?
Tu time limit for the examina. tion of the registration certificates obtained by merchants from the former Peking Trade Mark Bureatt will end on December 18 this year, its are ordered to present the certificates to the Trade Mark Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour for examination without further Hines and the tiffin closed with teneral vote of thanks to. the directors for their thoughtfulness on the occasion The Football Match the afternoon most of the residents of the buildings journeyed but to the American School to se2 trid "football game. between the 3G. and the American Schoot team.
wai a rather one-sided contest outest and was won by the YALCA. team who rolled up a score of 3200. For the winners rice featured Scoring two touchdowns and Webst Rogers, ud Smith contributed one each, Weber mide the most spectacular play of the day by in-{Ercopting a forward pose and racing through half. the Amevean S: nool team across. the me, Tersin contributed: his usual" brainy" lay at "The American Schoo! players wore somewhat handicapped through the Sbsence of Bernard their star quarterback, MeCrackon, -anoth Valuable player, was taken out injuries., 3 ime in the last quarter because
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