The Archive · 1937

Personal Notes The Chinese Minister of Finance

Normandie.

At two days! notice Mrs, A. Pollock has left for Australia on the Empress of Russia to visit her mother, who critically ill The following USMC, personnel will "be stationed at the American Embassy at Peiping: It. Col. W. C. James, accompanied by Mrs. James rd family, and Capt. and Mrs.

It-Commander C. G. Pitcairn Jones, who commanded H.MLS. Woodcock in China in 1923-25, has' retired at his own request with the rani of} Commander. He has recently. been con the staff of the R. N. Staff College Greenwich.

Mr, Josselyn Hennessy, formerly Paris correspondent of the "News Chronicle," has been appointed Dir-actor of Public Information with the Government of India, in succession tw Mr. Tan Stephens who has completed his tenure of that office. Mr. Stephens is joining the staff of "The Statesman," Calcutta, as Assistant Editor.

Milne, formerly with the SMP. who retired in 1902 to take up Jsidence in Japan after 25 years of service, returned to Shanghai earlier in the' week for a: short visit, He Jeoes back to Japan in ten days time, Dr, W. S.A, Pott, second son of Dr. FI. Hawks Pott, President of St. John's University, has been visiting his brother, Dr.' W. H. Pott, of the School of Medicine of St. John's University, for the past week. Accompanying him are his wite and her two children, Miss S. and Mr. Richard Paul. Formerly of the St. John's faculty and more recently on the faculty of the University of Virginia, Dr. W. 8. A. Pott Is now president of Elmira College, Elmira, New York, He is flying 10 Hankow to-morrow with his family and they expect Inter to spend some time in Tsingtao.

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