Cynmanver L, Neyrone is due back in Shanghai today in the s. Conte Verde.
Maestro Mario Paci and family will be returning to Shanghai today in the s. Conte Verde.
AT the last meeting of the Royal Empire Society, among the new members elected were—Mr. D. F. R. Mc-
Mullan of Chefoo, and Mr. F. A. Pollock of Shanghai.
Tue Municipal Council has been notified that Mr, C, E, Gauss, American Consul General, has resumed charge of the American Consulate-General with effect from September Tur Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, General von Brauchitsch, was married on Friday at Bad Salzbrunn to Frau Charlotte Schmidt, daughter of the retired district court director Rueffer of Bolkenbain in Silesia.
Thk engagement is announced between Mr. T, H, Hawkins, younger son of the Jate Sir Benjamin Hawkins of Bexhill-on-Sea, and Miss Agnes Dick, of 7 Crayon Hill Gardens, London, daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs, Crawford Dick of Shanghai, Ir has been decided to terminate the open-air concert season of the Municipal Brass Band on Friday, September 30; a weekly concert will be given by: the Brass Band in Jessfield Park on Saturdays from 4-5.20 p.m. while the weather permits.
Mr. Y, M. Chien, assumed his post as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Communications at Hongkong on September 19, Says a.report to the "Wen Hui Pao. Mr. Chien succeeds Mr. Hu Pi-kang, Who was one of the victims of the Japanese attack on the C.N.AC. plane "Kweilin."
Mr, H. S. Peshkoff, who recently celebrated his golden' jubilee with Messrs, I, I, Tschourin & Ca., Harbin, is expected to arrive here on September 27 on a visit to his only son, V. H. Peshkoff, a talented young artist, Mr. Peshkoff has many friends amongst the local Russian community, who will welcome his visit.
A rw census taken by the police forces of Soochow and Hangchow Teveals that in the lakeside city the Chinese population has reached the the figure of 165,611, including 67,601 women, while in Soochow the population is 247,512, including 117,861 women, The figure for Soochow includes the inhabitants of various villages in the district, "Thk following programme will be given by the Municipal Brass Band in Jessfield Park today from 4-6 p.m. (weather permitting):
Suite "In Days of Old"
Rustic Dance "Taverh in ihe Wood" Lange Scena "In the Cathedral" -Kling Three Irish Dances Suite "Venezia"
Intermezzo "Arabian Nig Hewett Valse "Jungherren Tanza"
Selection "Dear Little Denma Rubens Gunn Morris, who became famous by winning the 1936 Olympic Games Decathalon championship and then playing Tarzan roles in the movies, kept his wife from obtaining alimony today by pleading he was broke. Although he earned U.S$18,- (00 last year, he has none of it left, he told the court, He said his earning for this year amounted to only
U.S. 9975.
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