Four Chinese country houses were badly damaged by fire which broke out at 5.30 p.m. yesterday at the corner of Jessfield and Kinneat Roads. Machines from Bubbling Well. station attended and put o geant the flames ili less than 30 minutes, No casualties occurred. g el i.
Grill d The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral of Mr. Gérrit Jakob Gfilk, Jr., son of Int. arid Mrs. G. J. Grilk, of Shanghai Miss Aüdréy Kathleen King, yolingér d&üghter Uf Mr. and Mrs. S. T. King of Middlesex, England. Dean Trivett offélatéd.
The bride, who was given away by Mr. W. C. Clifford, wore a dress of white andelskin made on princess liné& With d lümg Rówi alte e tralh in @ line from the shoulders, Her veil was held in place B Miës of the valley and orange blossoms whith formed a small crow on thë front of Her Hair. She éWfried a bougliét of white bride füses and carnations mingled The matron of honour was Mts. H. M. Howell (sister of the bride). She wote & frock of pink georgette with a l&fgé pictüré hat of the sotho colotir, her bouquet belli of white daisies dbi deep red carnations. The bridesii@id wás Miss Joyce Grilk (sister Gf the bridegroom). Her frock ws of palest blue orgdtidie made ofi pfliicess lines, the long skirt embroidered with white and pitik flowers. Her picture hat was Blue to match and hêr flowers were pink carnátións ard blue cornfowers. The flower girls, Beverley Olive aha Joy Blackwood, wore long pale pink orgañdië dresses etibrdidered with flowers dnd made with small sleeves. Little Bouquets were on their arms and they wore shall posies of flowers as hats. Dr. R. H. Rọ was best man and the ushers were Mr.
C. Steiner, Mr. J. C. Moor, and Mr. AA. Guertz. atithorities atid the escorted to Yangtzepdo where the have been aichoted ever sitë. Japanese flags were huh over those boats, it is stated. rey Kid Cathedral yesterday afternoon of Mr. G. J. Grilk, Jr., Office, and Miss Audrey King, partner in the The Btidéiroonis ër wore a log ROW Gf-riduve gedfgetle arid a large Black Hat with gloves th match. Her bouquet was of mauve sweet peas to tone with her gown.
After the ceremony a reception was held at Cercle Sportif Francais.
hóBÉythoón will be spent in North Chi The various foreign Consul Génfrals concerned have made repre-Séntations against the detention, but Hegotiations for their release have Been deadlocked. Information obtain-
ëd from shipping circles by a Chinese news agency has revealed now that the Japanese authorities have ver-Bally announced that the detained boats were allowed to fly their original third-party national flags which fact indicates that there may be new development in the matter.
Four of the Boats délülhéd were reported yesterday afternoon to have been released. They are the Tien Pao and Wei Ching belonging to Germain interests and the Kung Sen and Pao Deli of two Norwegian shipping firms. The Kung Sen was said to have been detained off Foochow.
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