The largest number of oversea guests will come in the Lloyd Tries tino s, Conte Verde expected n October 1. Among these are Dr.
Hoops, formerly Principal Civit Medical Omer, Straits Settiements, now C.M.O. Malacca Medical Board; Dr. J. W. Scharff, C.MLO. Penang, and Mrs. Scharff! Dra. R. Lowthwaite and J. L. Rosedale of King Edward Medical 'School, Singapore; G. A. Ryrie, superintendent of the Sunge! Buloh' Leper Settlement; Col, A. J. H, Russell, sanitary com: missioner, "Government of India Delhi; Prof. R. Row, Grant Medical College, Bombay, Prof. P. V. Gharbombay. from Netherlands East Indies are expected in the J.CJL. Tibadak arriving on September 23 these include Prof. C.D. de Lan-gen, Dean of the Medical College, Batavia; Dr, 0. Deggeler, inspector-Beneral of Hospitals, Batavia Cen-Prof. E. W. Walch, Dept. of Hygiene, Batavia, and Mrs. Walehs Dr. Kwa Tjoan-sloe, Chief of the Chinese hospitals, Batavia.
Of the thirty' Japanese guests, Profs,. Okumura, T. Kambayashi and. Mitamura and others. from Tokyo and Kyoto will arrive in the Shanghai Maru on September 30, while Profs. H, Kuba, ¥. Kuno, Yanagihara and others from Man churia will come in. the Tsingtau Maru.
Delegates from China, Chinese andi foreign, will number three hundred.
Shanghai Entertainments the entertainments in Shanghai will consist of a Chinese banquet a the Oriental Hotel on September 23 for those arriving on or before that date; a cocktail party given October 1, from 5 "to 7 o'clock, by the municipalttios of Shanghai' at the International Recreation Club, Bubbling Well Road, and a. grand] dinner by Mayor Wu 'Teh-chen' of Greater Shanghai in his residence in the evening of October 1. The sights to be visited include the City 'Temple, war areas, Yeh's garden and. sai lanum, the new Civie Center, Kiangwan, 'Chapel Walerworks, SAL. new' Abattoir, Quarantine' Station, Since registration will commence fon October 2 in Nanking, most delegates will aliempt to reach she Capital by that morning. "A. com plete programme of scientific sessions and entertainments" hus been pre. pared for the week Oatober commencing with a speech by Prest dent Wang-Ching-wel of the Exeeu-
In commemoration of the third anniversary of the Mukden Incident on September 18, 1931, which has been officially announced as a ni tional humiliation day, all amusements and social functions throughout the country will be suspended National and Kuomintang flags will be flown at half-mast,
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