"Min. and Mrs, Gordon Morriss and family returned to Shanghai yesterday in the Lloyd Triestino liner inv. Victoria from Europe. iMm. Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Ambassador to London, will sail on the Chichibu Maru today enroute for Tokyo to receive orders from the Foreign Office. It is believed Mr. Yoshida is slated for a more important post.
Lany Yarrow, widow of the famous inventor, has fallen in love with Eire to such an extent that she has now taken up permanent residence across Channel. (Her new home, at Howth, outside Dublin, is called "Journey's End."
Tur Reverend W. R. F. Addison has just retired from the Army. He was Senior Chaplain at Borden, is a V.C. and also has the Order of St. George. He won his V.C. for gallantry at Sanniyat: in Mesopotamia. He served in the Army for 23 years in Shanghai, Khartum, Malta and other stations, and was the only "padre" serving to hold the coveted Cross. pee from Hongkong Chinese enegan Chiang Kai-shek, says a
sources to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao, will henceforth be responsible for all important national policies and the decisions taken thereon, The government, the message adds, shall devote itself primarily to military affairs, these measures to be supplemented, however, by diplomatic activities. The new Chinese Government policies, the report states, are broad-based upon Generalissimo Chiang's recent manifesto.
Ax "offer gold to the State" movement has been started in a number of Tibetan towns, following idea ent tothe "Sin Wan Pao. Publicity propaganda campaigns, says a repo
posters have appeared in Tibetan streets, urging the people to contribute to the Government, and explaining the significance of the present war of national resistance. More than $2,000 in national currency, the report adds, has already been collected from the Lamas.
Tue new director of religion for the B.B.C., the Rev, J. W. Welch, has done great work during the last few years as Principal of St. John's College, York. That institution is a training college for schoolmasters, and is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of York, with the Archbishop as chairman of the governing body. Living up to the reputation of the county, the college has always been noted for its choral singing, and Mr. Welch has not much to learn about church music even from the lovely BBC. choir, Am Chief-Marshal Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, Chief of the Air Staff, is the responsible authority who will examine any "gaps" in our air defences which have been noticed during the recent war crisis, He started life as an officer, in-the Royal Warwicks, and-then went into the Gurkhas in the Indian Army before becoming an airman. Like many air officers, he is of meditim height, and rendered distinguished war service. A man of determined resolution and fidelity, he married his wife when she lay ill on a stretcher, and nursed her with devoted attention.
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