When in August it was unown that M. F. Roy, Consul for France In Amoy, would shortly be trans ferred to' Foochow, the Council de-ceded to ask for a. small contribution from foreign ratepayers wishing to associate themselves with a proposal that a small token of appreciation of his valuable services rendered to the Settlement as senior Consul from 1927 to 1994 be purchased and presented to him. M. Roy being present at the meeting of the Chairman of Council, on behalf of the ratepayers. fu presenting him with a suitable Inscribed silver satver, said that it was largely due to M.' Roy tant the seven years in which he was te310r Consul had been a period of peace and good order in the Settlement in spite "of political' unrest and dis Organization in the neighbouring parts of the province. M.. Roy. in thanking the ratepayers said that he had at all times worked for the good of the Settlement and the support of Council, and trusted that these relations would continue in the future.
Canton, Mar. 5.
Trapped in the rear compartment lof an ambulanc> which skidded down 2 steep embankment and plunged into the Chingshui River, two small foreign girls, daughters of an Amerlican missionary doctor, met a tragic [death by drowning while accompany ing their parents on a trip from Wuchow to Kweilin.
'The victims are Martha and Ruth ley, five and 3% years old, respectively, the daughters of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. 'Bailey, of the Southern Baptist Mission stationed at' Kweilin, According to foreign eye-witnesses, Dr. and Mrs. Bailey were sitting in {the front part of the ambulance while their two daughters were sleeping jthe rear compartment. when the accident occurred.
While going down a steep embank-Jment along the Chingshui River, the ambulance skidded in. the mud' and plunged into the water.
Although the vehicle was almost submerged, only its top showing Jabove the water, Dr. Bailey and his wife managed io open a window, extricate themselves and swim ashore.
Half an hour, however, "elapsed before efforts were made to reccve the two girls. After considerable diteulty, the victims were brought ashore, but all efforts to resuscitate them proved futile.
Late in the day, the bodies of the two. girls were brought" back Wuchow.
'News of the tragedy was a great shock fo local friends of Dr. and Bailey, who are very popular in Canon, and who came to China' from Nashville, Tennessee—Reuter,
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