Mr. Yang joined the service of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire in 1887 at the age of 15 at Chefoo. For many years he was compradore of the Chefoo office and in 1919 he was promoted ' to the position of Assistant Compradore in the head office ar Shanghai, In 1992 he was appointed Chinese shipping manager.
A Cantonese by birth, Mr. Yang has been active for many years on behalf of many charitable causes i Shanghai and elsewhere and is actively connected with the Cantonese Relief Association. He is a member of the Kwangtung Guild and of the Cantonese Commercial Association. His work on the committee of the Lester Chinese Hospital is well-known in Shanghai and has earned for him many friends, both Chinese and foreign.
President Doumer Due To Arrive Today The MIN. Ca, motor vessel President Doumer from Kobe is expected to arrive at Hunt's Wharf today at about 3 p.m. Incoming passengers may be expected at the Customs Jetty at about 330 p.m.
"The President Doumer will sail for Marseilles via ports on Tuesday, at 7 am. Heavy baggage was being registered at the M.M. baggage department, No. 6 Quai de France, yesterday from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration will continue tomorrow from Radio information received by the American Trade Commissioner on Friday indicates that the new Pacific Coast short wave broadcasting station W6XBE at Treasure Island, San Francisco, made no regular broadcasts after the initial broadcast on the occasion of the opening of the Golden Gate Exposition on February 18, (San Francisco time), closed down for a few days to permit technical adjustments, but has now resumed testing on reduced power. Tentative plans now call for the formal inauguration of regular broadcasting programmes commencing on March 2, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Shanghai time (4 a.m. to 7 a.m. Pacific Coast Standard time), on two frequencies of 15,330 ko and 9,530 ko respectively.
A radio listener at Shanghai who clearly picked up W6XBE at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, reports, however, that he Clearly heard an announcement that the Treasure Island station would Commence regular broadcasts today. He suggests that radio fans be on the look-out for this feature today, from P aim, onward.
Early morning risers on Sunday lst, February 19 were rewarded with the rare treat of hearing the initial broadcast of W6XBE. The station came in unexpectedly at Shanghai over the South American beam, 15,330 ko, was exceptionally clear and strong. and in volume cauivalent to a local station or to London and Berlin stations, which pre the strongest overseas stations usually heard in Shanghai. Reports received by the American Trade Commissioner from radio fans in" dicate that Sunday's ini programme from WSXBE was picked up on regular all-wave short-wave sets ranging from seven to 11 tubs of six different makes, thus attesting to the all around character of reception received. The programme was also heard with reasonable clarity at Chungking and Nanking, while preliminary tests earlier in the week were fairly heard by a Tientsin listener. The tests of W6XBE on reduced power, were successfully picked up in Shanghai on February 23 and 24 between 8 am. and 830 2.m. on regular all wave short-wave nine and 11 tube sets with good clark ity and fair volume.
The American Trade Commissioner, Miss A. Viola Smith, 51 Canton, Road, will be glad to receive the continued ce-operation of all radio fans in reporting reception of this station dur-
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