Friends Bid Farewell to Capt. A. W. Cook A distinct gap has been left in the ranks of those who have buslness on the Whangpoo by the departure. from Shanghai of Capt. 'A.W. Cook, late Master of the tug Si. Dominic, who has sailed for Japan, from where he will take passage for South Africa, Nor will it be only by men of his own profession, and those more closely connected with them in business, that his absence will be felt, for "Cookie's personal friends here are numbered by hundreds and are men and women in every walk of life. His perpetual smile and the easy-going food nature and never-lacking good humour that' went with it cannot quickly be forgotten.
Capt. Cook had served the Shang-hal Tug & Lighter Ca, for about ten years in the capacity of Tug Master, On the eve of Capt, Cook's departure from Shanghai, the Shanghai pilots presented him with a silver cigarette-box, suitably inscribed, as a token of esteem and good-fellowship, 'Twelve cotton operatives, including one married woman and. two tirls, are being sent by' the Calico Printers Association to the new mill Which is being built in Shanghai with the object of instructing. the Chinese work-people. "The men in the party have agreed to. stay. in China for five years, the women for eighteen months." They will sail from London on June 8—Reuter.
The USS, Augusta, flagship, is due fo leave Shanghai for Tsingtao on May 23, and the work of station ship Is to be taken over by the USS. Sacramento, which arrived from the river yesterday afternoon, The fleet auxiliary, Pecos, is due to sail for Chefoo on May 21, while the USS. Tulsa is due in Shanghai on May 21.
Punch, Fleet 'The French river gunboat Francis Garnier left for Hankow yesterday afternoon, and is expected to con tinue her' voyage up to Chungking in the near future, The ship has undergone a refit at the Kiousin Dock, where new steering gear was Atled, "Satisfactory trials were com: pleted on the Whangpoo a few days ago.
The colonial cruiser Dumont a'Urville, lying off the Bund, Is due to leave Shanghai at the end of the month. Her captain, Commander Lo Courtols clu Manoir, has taken over the duties of French Senior Naval Officer in. Shanghai.
Flagship of the French fleet in the Far East, the Primauguet is now in Saigon, where she is to remain unfit to-morrow, when the vessel will sail" for French Indo-China and Hongkong. She is due in Shanghai on June Now in the north, the sloop Re-ulus is due in Shanghai next week
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