Zealand Society of Shanghai were turged to contribute as much as they jeould towards the Society's Charity {Fund, when Mr. V. G. Bowden, the {outgoing president, addressed the annual meeting in the offices of the Australian Trade Commissioner, at (12 The Bund, yesterday afternoon.
In his report, Mr, Bowden said:
"This is the first occasion on which the Society's Report and Statement of Accounts have -been presented under its present name, -which wa: adopted at a'Special General Meeting held on April 11, 1939.
"An entirely new form of activity started during the past year has been the publication of a quarterly magazine entitled "Down Under." Your Committee's objects in sponsoring this have been to provide a means of contact with Australians and New Zealanders throughout China and to publicist Australia and New Zealand and their products. The magazine is sued to members without charge, and as far as addresses are ascertainable-it is sent to all Australians and New Zealanders in China. On the other hand, paid subscriptions from outside the Society at the very low rate of CN$1 per annum (post free in China and Hongkong) are invited, and money received in this way goes entirely to the Society and is applied towards its Charity Fund.
Demonstrating the wide distribution given to this publication in China, it may be mentioned that subscriptions have been received from Szechuen, Kweichow, Honan, Hupeh, Shantung and Kiangsu provinces, Major Beg-Jey and Mr. Wootton acted as joint editors in producing the frst two issues, but since the major's departure Mr. Wootton has: kindly carried on as sole editor, and to him is due the credit for the third issue, just Published.
"Phere have again been fain heavy calls on our Charity Fund, which, however, have been mainly for local assistance. Assistance has been received from the Associated Foreign Charities to the extent of CN$000.00, which is much appreciate ed. Members are urged, however, to regard the Fund as being essentially theirs, for the aid of their own people, and to give it accordingly the fullest support thely can."
In presenting the accounts, Mr. Bowden stated that considering the present reduced membership, the past year was a very good one, both in regard to members' subscriptions and in donations to the Charity Fund.
The newly elected officers of the Society are:—
"The request to overhaul the mail," he declared, "was made to the Clipper captain by an unarmed officer ashore at the air base. Phere were no armed men in the vicinity. Captain Lorber made a formal protest, as he was duty bound to do. Thereafter, he put no obstacle in the way of censorship officials, who waited while the protest was put into writing before boarding the plane."
Col. Swire added that relations between Bermuda censorship officials and the Pan-American airways had always been "most harmonious."—United Press.
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