Pictures taken on board HM.S. Birmingham on June 2 when Mary Louise, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Haynes, was christened by Rev. W. H. S. Chapman, R.N., chaplain of the ship. (Above) Mrs. Haynes and her baby daughter. (Below) Miss Frances Kelly, godmother by proxy for Mrs. Verne Parker, Rev. W. H. S. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes and Mary Louise, Mrs. W. Lowe and Miss B. G. Coyle, god-mother M. Henri Cosme, French Ambassador to China, left Shanghai on June 6 on board the cruiser arnotto Picquet for Haiphong en route to Chungking. He is seen in the above photograph, accompanied by M. Baudez and Comdt. Fabre, inspecting a guard of honour of the French Police prior to his departure.—N.C.D.N
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