To the Editor of the "Nowmm-Curma Dany News"
Sm—Joining the choir of your correspondents in singing the best praises for the late Mr. Singloh Hsu, T beg to inform the large number of his friends, through your esteemed Paper, that, in order to perpetuate the good name of the deceased, the following few things have been' suggested by the writer to the Chinese Here-payers' Association, 'The Gen-feral Chamber of Commerce and The Shanghat Bankers' Associ {their joint consideration: cit to TWestow a Ating postramous engineering, 4 "To (petition The National Gov.
vernment'to name the first acre-school hereafter established ap Yeu Singioh To. make Mr. Hon's func community. funeral I hope the many friends of the Tate Mr. Singloh Hsu's, both foreign jand Chinese, would either through Joint or individual effort push the Jabove mentioned suggestions through, iso that the late Mr. Singloh Lis name will continue to live as a shining example for the generations to come.
Cuex, Shanghai, Aug. 30, The Memorial Fund To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cuma Dany News Sm—On August 26 I made a suggestion, through your columns, that fund should be raised among the friends of Mr. Hsu Sing-loh for the establishment of a memorial to his name, and I am pleased to notice that this has met with a ready resonse.
Since then I have been in communication with Mr. Hsu's Chinese friends who, as was to be expected, intend to create a memorial worthy of the esteem in which Mr. Hsu was held, and a small international committee is now being formed to administer funds received. The names of this committee will, it is hoped, be announced in the course of the next few days, In the meantime an appeal for funds has been issued in all the leading Chinese newspapers over the signatures of Mr. Vu Ya-ching, Mr. Li Ming, Mr. Chang Yuen-chi and Mr. T. K. Ho, reading, inter alia as The tragic news of Mr. Hsu Sing oh's untimely death, for" whose untiring vserviees "to. the public. ever some. 20 years one can hardly find see Saas ds ety Being close friends of his, we beg 10. suggest that a fund be raised for, the purpose of "creating some. tangible Remorial to, he, name, leaving ways issu was Greatly admired by. the forelym com= munity "og. well as" by his own nationals." We have no doubt that all his friends will, which Neil be ull: achar the leading Chinese newspapers and the "Nortt-china Bally "News crea LUme to tme."-All donsuong faust Sent in Before October 3, 1858
The decision as to the form which the memorial should take will clear-depend upon the total sum ultimately available, and, in order that may be worthy of him, T venture to express the hope that those of your readers who knew Mr. Hou will subscribe generously.
Shanghai, Aug. 31.
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