Union Church has only distinguished its active support the Queen Mary's Hospital and the Princess Louise Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers. 'This year Bazaar will again help in this edmivable cause. It will be recalled that only last' week this journal published letters of appreciation sent to the Society. from the two institutions concerned. those letters the magnificent cent bution made, as the result of, the Society's efforts, was warmly com mended. No-more worthy object of]
avity illumined with a of honoured duty—can there bbe than the care of men "broken in the wars." "Those who know the splendid work done for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers. and, moreover, the splendid spirit of cheerfulness of the men themselves, needed. no nressing to the self: Imposed "task of attending the bazaar and helping it to achieve the greatest possible success. Obviously an opportunity was afforded for making those purchases which will shortly be in demand as Christmas Moreover the Union merit approval for the firm intention to let thei London. know thet not forgetful. they were not always able to obtain a footing in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. "The authorities have nov made arrangements for "H" Com-Pany of the Corps to include an additional platoon for British ex-Servicemen and they also. propose to form an international platoon in the same company which, as members of the Corps know, is now an active unit and was formerly' the Teserve company, as distinct from the other formation irreverently known as "Reader's Wrecks," to the embarrassment but, perhaps, dis-erect delight of the gallant. warrior whose prowess on the field is now being employed to. deadly use in forensic affrays. Captain C, C. Todd, who held a commission' in the Lancashire Fusiliers with whom he served in Gallipoli, is organising these two new platoons and in his hands ex-Servicemen will surely feel that their interests will be. secure. They can join in three different capacities entailing obligations scaled down to fit in with their respective requirements, So now, without any "fuss and bother," they will be able usefully to offer their experience when occasion demands. The. scheme should ceive enthusiastic support and a yet another to the link between ex-Servicemen in Shanghai Christian Literature Society in Europe and. America, the Chis Supported by Missionary Boards
Han Literature Society' which held organ work in producing Chinese, Its catalogue compris total of nearly 700 separate Most of them have been produced by' Sino-foreign collaboration but 85 of them are by. independent During' the s-ast year the Society has published 53 Rew books and 09 reprints. 1 covers the Christian and religious field and claims to keep abreast with modern thought. "Last winter's troubles, in causing the destruction of many of its printing presses, involved the Society in loss but it is gathered from the statements made yesterday that normal working is being resum. ed. A personal note might be added in'miention of the fact that the Society will shortly lose its Honorary President, Sir Peter Grain, whose impending Shanghai now " beg! unpleasantly on the Scots in Shanghai are firmly con-vineed that dragons are a maligned race. They feel that defeat St. George was probably the out come of some perfidy by which the alleged champion of distressed deceived a strong and by Ro means unworthy monster. For, 80 argument runs, look at that affair at Seekingjao on Sunday There blameless Scots were pitted against St, George's disciples in a game which can be seen at its best only. in Scotland. The resultant no special as it seemed—to the men
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