"Here in Shanghai, we may claim to postes a number of facilities similar to those existing in London, We live In the most populous city of Asia, we own more banks and more money than any community in-China, half the Customs revenue of the government {s collected in this port, and we certainly possess the best dressed and most charming Chinese ladies in the world, some of whom have been kind enough to grace our gathering to-night, yaly last Sunday," the "North. China" Dally "News" reprinted striking article on Shanghai as it was tone hundred years ago, which appested in a British journal, called the "Penny Magazine," of March 4, 1843, The writer quoted a Captain of the Amherst, which visited Shangha! in' 1832 (notice the spelling as con: forming more vith the local prone undation). Among other interesting matters, this observing skipper said, that he counted the number of Chinese craft, varying from 100 to 400 tons each, going up and down the river and concluded that as) many as 5,000,000 tons of shipping called at the port from Formosa, Canton, the Eastern Archipelago, Mr, and Mrs, Lo H. Liu, Mr. and Mis 'Ar'Long. Mr, Loo Hing-yun. Miss Ada firn, Me. I. C. Mackentle." Mr. E.R Mason, Miss'Soan Massey. Br. and Mrs. E.'B, McBain, Mr. and Mre. RG, Me-Donald, Miss' MeGahey. Me, Hi.
MeMeckin, Mr. and Mra. J. MeNell. Mr. and Mrs.'S. C, Miskin, Judge and Mrs. 'ALG. Mossop, Mr. J.C. Pain, Mr. and Mies 'G. G. Phillips, Mz. and Mrs. V. Priestwood, Mr, and Mrs. -Ronald Rees. Mr- and Mrs. A. 1. Samson, Mr pt Thackeray, Dr. and Biles T. K. Teena, Bre ¥. 8 Wan, Mr. and. Mrs, K, ¥. 7 Wang. Mr. and Mrs. Wen. Yuan-ning, and airs. EMP. Wh sary of the death of Gen. Chen Chi-the military leader in Shanghai during the 1911-12 revolution, three separate meetings were held by the Shanghai District Kuomintang, the Huchow Guild, and the Party office for the Shanghai-Nenking and Shang-hal-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways Administration, respectively, on Saturday morning, National flags were flown at
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