Civit Commandant of the 'Shi Of the S.V.C, at their Club. With str, Frankli General Telfer-Smollett, Colonet Price, Colonel' Andreint, Lieu Perretier, and Commander Takeda, Bus Girls Arrive Shanghai, Apr. 1.
The s, Nagasok! Maru arrived here fon Saturday afternoon with a capa city load of 485 passengers, including Students, bus xis, dancing girls, and Tokyo assemblyman, local Japanese newspapers said. yesterday.
Bighty-five students of Tung Wen College, led by Mr, Kuwataro Babs, professor of the school, returned here to resume their "studies at Chinotung University, Avenue Haig, Five bus girls came here to enter the employ of the Hsing Chung Kungsu ax "conductresses™ of buses operating in the Hongkew arca, "The group of pretty dancing ris adorn a new dance hall to be ied at the old site of the Moon Palace on North Szechuen Ro:
Thov will be Joined by another bey of 60 girls on April 12, the papers said Four members of the Tokyo Prefectural Assembly, including Mr. Ginza Watanabe and three leading facials of the Japan Boy Scouts' Federation, came to visit Japanese soldiers at the front, Council Thanks Specials Shanghai, Apr. 8.
Mr. Cornell S. Franklin, Chairman. lof the Municipal Council, thas sent the following letter to Major F. W. Gerrard, cue, Commissioner of Police:— would like 19 plage on record. on of, the Counci during the hostiiles of last ye Sunday's parade furnished further convincing evidence of the eiliclency of Render to vou. te Deputy" Commissioner BG: MacDonald and to all ranks of the Specials the "Council's sincere coner affected. Care has to be exercised in berthing ships at the French 'Bund, as the silting there leaves very little' excess water. On the: Pootung sides, the ebb tides are sweeping beneath the stronely built wharves, Jand scouring out the ground beneath them. While at present this - does not threaten the wharves themselves, allowed to continue it may cause very serious damage. Even. sturdy Jconerete piles, it was understood, cannot stand up against continual scouring by a swifLrunning river such as the Whanenoa. fare soon taken to check movement, caused" by the Nantao on the Pootuns boom will seriously endangered, Photos. Takes the Salute Mr, C, S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council and ighal Volunteer Corps, took the salute ial parade on Aprit 10 outside the Country were Vice-Admiral Sir Perey Noble, Major-
Customs Seize Opium shaw A. report wee yosterds) Jeiteulated. that the 13100000 worth of opium made on the Butterfield & Swire jeodown No, 14 on the French Bund, teases, which were supposed to have ined Chinese sweets of southern manufacture. Tt is believed that the Jdrug was sent from Si a consignes's bill of lading aboard the s. Kwantung, which arrived" here jon_ Monday morning.
One of the confiscated cases was said to have contained over 500 jetties of the contraband, and was. carefully scaled that no. odour escaped to betray its contents before the packing was removed. No arrests were reported, but it was believed that several members of Kwanstung's crew were to be questioned by the authorities who are conducting the investigation of this case.
This seizure was said to be the second largest made since the war. The largest was the one made on February 23, valued at $287,000, while the value of the "present seizure was said to be about $112,000. The s. Kwantung is expected to sail today at 1 pin. for Swatow and Hongkong,
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