Tse Municipal Offices will be closed to public business on Friday, July 1.
Tuere will be a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Bubbling Well Chapel this morning at 1030 o'clock, Miss Jane Elizabeth Farmer, 27- year-old journalist and wife of Mr. Edward Kwong of Shanghai, has made formal application in Wasbington for repatriation.
Sıx American missionaries returned from here to their mission post in Soochow by train on Tuesday, says a report to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao!"
THe distribution of the Aurora University diplomas will be held today at 9 a.m. in the University Hall. All friends are cordially invited.
Tur Federal Court in San Francisco has restored American citizenship to~ Mrs, Edith Johnson Kawasaki whose husband is attached to the Japanese Embassy in Peiping. Mrs. Kawasaki is 53 years old, Tue Mayor of the Shanghai-Woosung Municipal Office, Mr, Soo Hsi-wen, is considering a plan for the opening of a municipal ferry service across the Whangpoo River, states a report to the "Standard".
Thr Shanghai Medical Society will hold their annual social meeting at the Cercle Sportif Francaise today at 730 pin. dinner at 8 pin., dress informal After dinner Mr. J. B.
Powell will give an address.
Dr, Mei Yi-ling,, Hsu Chung-yin and Fang Yi-chih, recommended by the Ministry of the Interior, have been appointed experts in the Experimental Station of the National Health Administration, states a message to the "Sin Wan Pao."
Tur Executive Yuan, at a meeting held on Tuesday, decided to ask the Ministry of Economics and the National Relief Commission to take precautionary measures against the overflowing of the Yangtze and Han Rivers, says a dispatch to the "Sin Wan Pao."
Frencn Cruiser Lamotte Picquet sailed on Tuesday night for North China, with Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot, Commander of the French Naval Forces in the Far East, on board. In the Vice-Admiral's absence, Capt. Arzur, Commander of the French gunboat Dumont D'Urville, remains in charge of the local French Naval station.
A "rroor-comforting" mission sent by the Central Government authori ties, which is headed by Messrs. Lei Cheng and Wei Shou-yung, and the Kweichow War Aid Corps returned to Nanchang from the Central Chinn front on Sunday, says a dispatch to ihe "Standsrd." Both groups, it is reported, immediately entrained for Changsha en route to Hongkong.
Thr health report of the French Municipality for the week ending June 25, shows that the total number ai deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Concession were Foreign 8 and Chinese 405. Deaths from notifiable diseases were Foreigners, Tuberculosis 2, and Chinese, Typhoid Fever 32; "Tuberculosis 18; Cholera 11; Typhus Fever 3; Measles 3 and Beri-beri 2
Owe to the inconvenient premises in which the school is temporarily housed, the annual prize distribution of the Ellis Kadoorie School, which took place yesterday, was a very simple affair. The Acting Headmaster Mr. H. S. Bartley, B.A. thanked the Former Students Association for their generosity in giving the school 5 prizes annually, in memory of the lete Mr. R. G, Dowie F.EIS. head master 1903—1928. These pr presented by Mr. Wang Tsze Kong the president of the Association Mr. Chang Yi-ling, aged prominent citizen of Soochow, who was recently appointed a member of the People's Political Assembly, has left here for Hongkong en route to Chungking to attend the forthcoming inauguration of the Assembly, states a message to the "Sin Wen Pao" While in Hongkong, it is reported, Mr, Chang will pay a call on Mr. Chen Tao-mei, a former Governor of Kiangsu Province, to exchange opinions on national affairs, SHANGHAI Shriners (Nomad Oasis), before suspending their activities for the summer, are incorporating their last events into the general Fourth of celebrations, by having a dinner party on Saturday night and meeting with other Americans at the tiffin on Monday in the American Club. Saturday night's function, black tie, will consist of a dinner dance, with a cinema performance and bingo in the home of Mr. H, D, Rodger, president, as from 7 p.m. Visiting Shriners in port are asked to inform this officer if they desire to attend either affair, Tae Mayor of the Shanghai-Woosung Municipal Office, Mr. Soo Hsi-wen, accompanied by the Japanese Special Service Officer in Pootung, paid a visit to the Police Bureau, the Japanese Gendarmes and Army Headquarters in Nantao on Tuesday, says a report to the "Morning Leader." The visit, says the report, lent colour to the current rumours that the Pootung regime wil! shortly take over the Autonomous Commission in Nantao, owing to the fact that many furil us of the latter body have come into conflict with those of the former. The Vice-Chairman of the Nantao Commission, Mr. Ling Chi-tan, is reported to have resigned from his post.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.