Big Crowd Attends Function at "The Limit" ver 800 Shanghat British residents ranging in ago from two. years Well over" the. nat" century mark, made "the long' trip "out. to "The Limit," the 'Hungjao' Road residence of Mr, and Mrs. W, 3. Howkings, on May 6 to attend the vast in the gsricn of, Coronation Week garden partie.
They came in a steady stream from 8 to'7 pam, arriving by private car,,|hire car, specially chartered buses, fon foot and in rickshaws, The garden party, one of the many Shanghai Coronation celebrations, sponsored jointly, by the Overseus League and the Shanghai British Residents Association. This was the first time the two organizations have arranged an entertainment on such an elaborate scale, Mr. Hawkings, chairman of the BRA, and secretary of the Overseas League, was on hand to greet. the quests, assisted by Mrs, Hawkings, their two daughters, Miss Ethelwynne and Miss Dorothy Hawkings, and Mrs Gwynne, the daughter of Sir Charles Tilley, the Vice-Chairman. of. the Overseas League in London. Other members of the committee also, assisted in welcoming the guests, Sir' Hughe Knatehbull-Hugessen, HIM, Ambassador to China, and Lady Knaichbull-Hugessen, who came down from Nanking to attend. the St George's Society Coronation Ball. headed the list of distinguished guests, Shown over the gardens by Mrs, Hawkings and Mrs, Gwynn, they were accompanied by Brigadier and Mrs, A. P. D, Telfer-Smollett, Mr. 3. W. ©, Davidson, H.M. acting Con sul-General, and Mrs, Davidson also were among those present,
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