The parade of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps on Sunday afternoon brought the season's trains ing to a close, and was remarkable for the very impressive turn-out of the corps. One' of the most gratifying features of the event was. the large number of spectators who turned out despite the fact that the weather had not been of the best, for a big attendance is one of the best ways in which residents of Shanghai can pay tribute to the fine body of men who spend much of their time in the defence of the city. A great deal of the work they do does not always come to the attention of the public, and it is fitting that on occasion it should be given the opportunity of realising the very real public service which these men perform in continually keeping themselves in training for the defence of their fellow residents. Under Col. J. W. Hornby, m.c. the Corps has maintained and increased its traditional efficiency, and though during the past year it had not so many calls made upon it, the manner in which those were answered reflected the greatest credit not only upon the Colonel and his officers, but on the men themselves. On December 31, 1938, the total strength of the Corps was 200 officers and 1,807 other ranks, as compared with 204 officers and 1,759 other ranks on December 31, 1937 which with the Russian regiment brings
re satisfactory they do not present a true total stron; up to 2.320, While the figures idea of the actual facts, and the following extract from the annual report of the commandant serve better to describe the real situation:
During the year the strength of the Corps has increased slightly, But this does not present the true picture. In 1995 my predecessor analysed the problem and showed that during 1990 there is bound to be a large wastage on account of age. This has got to be faced, At the same time there has been a decline in the number of young foreigners coming out to work in Shanghai. It follows that we must try to get every able-bodied foreigner to join the Corps and do his bit of training, Employers are asked to do thing in their power to get their men trained. In a real emergency every able-bodied man may be required to do his bit. To have Untrained men is a bad insurance policy. The jon of "key-men" can be left safely in the hands of the SV.C. staff, which includes many Volunteers with an understanding of Shanghai business Obnoxious Advertising Reference has been made editorial the correspondence columns of this journal regarding obnoxious advertising in shopwindows in various establishments in the Settlement. Formerly, some of the advertising hoardings contained some particularly disgusting example: of illustration and suggestiveness as part of campaigns to bring certain alleged specifics to the notice of the Public, but firmness and a j censorship on the part of the authorities has resulted in a process of cleansing which has removed much of the offensive nature of these
lem is much more extensive and difficult for appeals, the Chinese pharmacies the prob-there are so many of them, but particularly disgusting examples of window advertising have been brought to general notice by correspondents. Everybody is familar with the graphic method of appeal adopted by Chinese pharmacy ies and merchants generally in advertising their wares, but in the cases quoted by correspondents the examples are revolting to the extreme. By drawing attention to these abuse: correspondents are doing valuable public service but a far more direct appeal could be achieved by communicating with the Municipal Police, At all times, the Municipal Police are willing to receive such complaints of offence to public morals and are anxious to ce-operate with the general public in putting an end to such practices. Naturally, the Police cannot be expected to act as censors for ever; window in addition to their many s—multiplied indefinitely by new political conditions—but they will act promptly on any complaint forwarded to them by the public.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.