'A crowd of about 1000. persons cheered loudly, an aeroplane circled above, and a naval brass band struck up when the cruiser Yat Sen slowly crept into the newly constructed No. 8 Dock of the Kiangnan Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Kisochangmiao, at Mam. last Wednesday, thus christening the newest addition to the Naval Ministry's shipyard on the Nantso waterfront.
Mrs. ¥. K. Tseng, the wife of the Director of the Naval Air Establish ment, performed the opening cere-many, When she cut the colourful Silt ribbons, tied above the huge Tock, on board the Yat Sen as the cruiser entered the dock. The occasion of the Republican Day, the fine weather, and the presence of group of foreign and Chinese naval offers in uniform lent colour and unusual authusiasm to the celebration.
The ceremony, which followed that held at the Naval Air Establish ment next to the Kiangnan Dock for the opening of an assembling shiv, began at 1045 am, Sfteen minutes caller than the scheduled time. Rear-'Admiral T. N: Wu, Commander of Coast Guards stationed at Woosung. presided over the ceremony on behalf of Admiral Chen Shao-kuan, the Minister of Navy, who was in Nanking. The usual'. Kuomintang ceremonies were performed prior to the opening of the new dock.
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