In the year 1919 a Christian Selence Society was organized and Feeognized by The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scient-Ist, of Boston, Mass, Tu 1014 the first public Christian Science Reading Room was opened, and since that time-a Reading Room has been constantly, maintained, the present one being located at Room 8b, Central Arcade, 49 Nanking Road. The frst {ree public lecture on Christian Selence was given in 1915, by a member of the Board of Lectureship, and a lecture, by different member fof this Board, has been given every year since.
In the year 1928 this Society had tained a membership sufficient to Become organized as First Church of Christ, Scientist, Shanghai, and thus it Is known today. Services were held in the Masonic Hall on the Bund until that building was molished, when they were held at the Royal Asiatic Society's building on Museum Road. When the American Masonic Temple was built on Route Dufour, they arranged to hold their services there, and have been in that location ever since.
Added to the many causes for gratification to the-members of this church, is the announcement that the Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson, CSB, authorized member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Chriet, Scien of Boston, Mass, and for many years resident in the home of Mary Buker Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science, will lecture in Shanghai, in this new church edifice, on Suni evening, December 2, i934, at 9.15 pan.
April 1.
Guards" is "now being recruited by the Customs to take charge lof them. While details of the scheme have not yet been fully worked out, it is understood that {he Jguards will be empowered to prevent Jany cargo or baggage being taken Join the wharves without a pass issued lby the Customs authorities.
'This is part of the scheme to cope with the' tremendous increase smuggling which has followed upon the" successive raising of the tariffs the last two years. Other mea sures have so far proved effective in restricting the amount of smuggling going on, and it is believed that the extension of barriers to all wharves here will stop up one of the larger remaining leaks.
The scheme Is not a new one. It has been discussed for the last three years, and prior to. that was {oree'in 'a modified form in Tsingtao.
was suggested as suitable for [Shanghat by Mr. L. H. Lawford, who Jeame here as Commissioner of Customs after serving in that port.
In the Whart Control Office in the [Customs building on the Bund re-Jeruiting for the new force is going Jon, Recruits are selected with grea Jeare, being almost handipicked. hele qualiftations must include Jexcelient school references, a know-edge of other languages beside JChinese, a good physique, and youth. The ages of recruits vary. between Jwenty-one and twenty-six " years, fond mo one is accepted below the height of tve feet six inches unless is other qualifications are excep tional, "Each recruit is put through stiff medical examination before Neceptance. So far, nearly a hundred men have been taken on and are being put through an intensive three weeks course in Customs procedure. The authorities alm to recruit just lover three hundred before putting the scheme into action, "The pay is good, beginning at 40 a month and rising on a graduated scale. As a result. the class of apleant is generally high and the authorities have a lot of good mae terial to choose from.
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