Tue "White Flower Society" will sell marguerites tomorrow in aid of destitute Russians afflicted with tuberculosis, M, F. Kwoset, Counsellor of the French Embassy, and his wife gave a. reception on Sunday to their friends at their home in Kelmscott Gardens, Tur daily report of refugee work for May 1 follows:—No. of Camps under inspection by Public Health Department 139; No. of refugees therein 80,708.
Members of the British Women's Association and their friends who have booked tables for the Bi and Mahjongg Tea on Friday, are advised that the time has been changed to 3 p.m, WEATHER permitting, today bgfig the first Tuesday in the month. the massed bands of the lst. Battali of the Seaforth Highlanders will beat Retreat on the grass course opposite the Grandstand of the Race Club at 6 pin, In his first official call on foreign aval officers here, Vice-Admiral "Moshiro Oikawa, the "new Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese China Sea Fleet, Sunday morning called on Admiral Harry Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S.
Asiatic Fleet, Tur Central Publicity Department of the Kuomintang and the Political Department of the Military Affairs Commission will launch a publicity week today "for the clearance of national humiliations and the populalization of military service," state a dispatch to the "Sin Wan Pao."
Girts of clothing or articles of any description are solicited for a Rummange sale to be held in the Scout House at rear of Community Church, 63 Avenue Petain, on afternoon of Thursday, May 5 and morn ing of May 6, Contributions sent to the Church office will be most welcome up till tomorrow Tie President of. the Executive Yuan, Dr. H. H, Kung, has allotted a further sum of money, amounting to $300,000, for the relief of refugees in Shanghai and in Shantung and Honan provinces, says a dispatch to the "Hwa Mei Chen Pao," The funds have been handed over to the National Relief Commission for immediate distribution, Tue Hamburg american Line have ordered a 36,000-ton liner with accommodation for 1,300 passengers in three classes at the Blohm and Voss shipyards in Hamburg for the lines of the North-Atlantic service, The new liner will have a speed of about 23 knots per hour so that she will complete the voyage from the Channel ports to New York in seven days.
Tur Military Affairs Commission has drawn up regulations for the conferring of "honour medals" on officers and men who have distinguished themselves in the current hostilities, says a message to the "Morning Leader" The regulations which are in nine articles also entitle civilian officials gad civic organization the awards of to honour, if they render meritorious services' in the resistance campaign.
Tur Shanghai Municipal Council health report for the week ending midnight, April 39, shows that the total number of deaths from' all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Settlement were Foreigners and Chinese 973. Deaths from notifiable diseases were—Foreigners Tub: culosis 2; Typhoid Fever 1, Chinese Tuberculosis 41; Typhoid Fever 30: Typhus Fever 12; Cerebrospi Fever 12; Measles 10; Dysentery 7 Diphtheria 5; Scarlet Fever 4; Relaps ing Fever 4 afd Beri-beri "Min, J. R. Clynes, M.P., who became a grandfather recently, is once the quietest and yet the mo: convincing of speakers in his party Perhaps the most telling sentence he ever used in a speech was at the Trades Union Congress at Glasgow in September, 1919, Under the leadership of some extremists, the policy of what was called "Direct Action" was being discussed. The Congress seemed to be in angry mood. "What does direct action! really mean?" he demanded. "Broken heads for men and broken hearts for women." That picture of the home was real eloquence, and entirely swung the delegates round.
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