Mr. Hans H. P. Melchers has been appointed General Manager for the Far East of the Trans-Ocean News Service.
Mrs. H. K. Peters, who has been lying ill with pneumonia in the Paulun Hospital, has now recovered sufficiently to return to her residence at Cathay Mansions to convalesce.
A set of artistically designed Christmas and New Year Cards depicting scenes in China, also a 1998 calendar suitable for sending away as a present and got up in the usual high standard of Messrs Kelly & Walsh Ltd., have been received.
Attention is called to the date of the meeting of the King's Daughters' Society which is to be held on Wednesday, November 24, in 233 Grosvenor Gardens, at 5.15, and not, as stated in one instance, on November 17. As this is an important meeting all members are urged to attend, The Canton branch of the National Emergency Relief Committee was formed yesterday, states a report to the Chinese press. At the inaugural meeting, which was presided over by the Chairman of the Kwangtunr Provincial Government, General Wu Teh-chen, seven important resolutions were passed, Amoy Pumelo 15-30 Tientsin pears 25 Chefoo apple 15-20 Tsingtao Pears 10-15 Cooking pears 10 Chi. Orange 12 M. Oranges 10.-12, S'iow Banana 8-10 Grapes 30
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