'Shunghal Amateur Dramatle Club are to be warmly congratulated on the remarkable success of the most ¢n-Joyable entertainment given by them at the Lyceum Theatre in honour of he British Returned Students' Ur predative audience in which foreign:
and Chinese were almost equally divided. The programme by a happy inspiration was entrusted parily. 0 British and. partly to Chinese ama-tours Not only were skilful acting and competent staging evident but the joint production harmonized admirably and cleverly avoided the delays and prolixity which so often mar amateur variety entertainments, Miss Grace Liang's English, transla-on of the witty Chinese play "The Poet and the Maid" was specially commented on as having caught the English idiom with exceptional skill without in any way diminishing the accuracy of the Chinese atmosphere. 'The acting and setting of the play combined to produce a really charming and diverting comedy of Empire manners. The delicacy and rippling harmony of the ancient music play by the talented quartette of Chinese amateurs, Mrs, Averil Tone' graceful dance in interpretation of th Tegend of the elfin refugee in the moon and Mrs, Dolly Liw's entrane-Ing rendering of a Cantonese song, gave the Chinese part of the prov Gramme real distinction and delcacy in colour and allurement which captured unmistakable enthusla The English amateurs who were also in good form must have felt highly privileged to share $0 n0- table an effort.
An ordinary general meeting of the Shanghai Dock & Engineering Ca. Lid, will be held on March 12, The annual general meeting of the New. Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Lid, will be held on March The Polish Chinese Trading Ca. Lid,, of Warsaw, Poland, has opened a branch office in Shanghai at 199 Yuen Ming Yuen Road.
The Shanghat Race Club's training season for the Spring Race Meeting to be held the beginning of May commenced on March 1, The Shanghai emees of the Compagne des Messageries. Maritimes have been transferred to" Intersavin Building, 9 Avenue Edward Mr. R. B, Schaerrer has. resigned his position as manager of who Royal Hotel (old), Shanghai, to accept the position of resident thanagey of the Wagons-Lits. Terminus Motel Hankow, 'The Chinese Printers' Association fof Shanghai announce that owing to the increased prices of printing materials printing rates will be in= creased bya further 50 per cent, from March 1, 1997, 'The Swedish Consul General at Shanghai announces that. Mr. John Selfrid Eriksson, missionary at Yung {s, Shansi, and'Miss Hanna Jeanette Frideborg,' Svensson Lundberg. now residing at Yungeheng, Shansi, intend to contract marriage Reprints of the judgment delivered
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