Ma. J. S. Barr, of the London Missionary Society will be the speaker over XMHD, the China Christian Broadcast, tonight, from eight thirty to nine o'clock.
Mas: Howard Barrie and, Miss Margot Barrie have arrived from Hongkong. and are staying at the China United Apartments.
THE Bible Society half-hour will be taken this evening by the Rev. Win. E. Schubert of the Methodist Mission. He will speak on "The use of. the Bible in Evangelism".
Mr. Y. Noda has been appointed by the Municipal Council to the Board of Governors of the Country Hospital in succession to Mr. M. Shimadzu, who recently retired from the Board.
Tar Chilean Government on Friday agreed to the appointment of Mr. Claude G. Bowers, former American Ambassador. to Spain, as new American Ambassador to Chile. Mr. Bowers succeeds Mr. Norman Armour' who has been appointed Ambassador fo Argentina.
Dovetas Corrigan, who stands be~ side the "crate," in which he flew to Ireland, at the Golden Gate Exposition, has devised a wrong way of Shaking hands, to avoid fatigue he shakes hands with his right hand in the morning and with his left hand in the afternoon.
Members of the British Universities' Society of China are reminded that they are to meet at the Customs Jetty tomorrow from 4 to 4.30 pin. prior to their visit to H.M.S. Birmingham, by kind permission of Captain Brind. The invitation is open to members only.
MxMBERS of the United Services Association are reminded that applications for tickets for the cocktail party for Thursday at the Shang, hai Race Club must be in the hands of the Hon. Secretary by Tuesday 5 pin. after which no further applications can be accepted.
THE first and only known copy of a Pharaohie code of law has been found in an underground. cemetery at Tun el Gebel, Upper Egypt, by Prof. Sami Gabr, of the Fand I University., The discovery is hailed by Egyptologists as "one of the most important in recent years."
CALIFORNIA has ar deer problèm Present estimates are that there are 450,000 deer in California and only 130,000 hunters—who are allowed to kill only two deer each annually. The result is that there are not enough grazing grounds and fodder to keep the remainder alive.
Leases were being shapped up idly on lots of an 1,800,000-square meter residential area in the vicinity of the newly named Matsui, Meiji, Kand and Kuranaga Boulevards in the Greater Shanghai development district north of Soochow' Creek, according to, he "Tairiku Shimpo."
THE next meeting of the Shanghai Missionary Association will be at "St. John's University, on Tuesday, June 6, 5.15 p.m. to 6 pr. Social Hour, 6 pin. to 7 p.m. Devotions, Business Meeting (Election of officers 1939-40) Address, The speaker for the evening will be the Rev. C.
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