The Archive · 1940

0. Mayne, J. March and

Harvey (brother of the bride).

The bride's mother was in a dress fof brown lace over satin made with bolero effect, long sleeves and skirt and yoke being of turquoise silk. Her hat was of brown straw and she wore a corsage of pale pink earnations. 'Mrs, Harvey came specially from' Mukden in order to be present at her daughter's wedding.

After the ceremony a reception was held in the American Women's Club, 577 Bubbling Well Road. The bride went away in a pale blue sill crepe ress, with hat, shoes and bag of matching shade." With it she wore 3 firger-tip length blue fox fur jacket, the bridegroom's present to the bride. The honeymoon will be spent in Mabb-Wheldon Shanghai, Mar. 24 The wedding took place yesterday at Holy Trinity Cathedral of Mr. Archibald Mabb, elder son of the into Mr. P. R. Mabb and Mrs. Mabb of Ewell, Surrey, and Miss Raymina Wheldon, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Wheldon of Shanghai, Dean Trivett oMciated, assisted by the Rev.

3, Ottewell, 'The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of One white French Ince over satin made on simple ines with heart-shaped neck, long] sleeves, fitted bodice and full' skirt Her. tulle veil fell from a lace halo headdress and she carried a sheaf of Easter lilies. The matron of honour was Mrs. P. A. Farnan and the bridesmaid was Miss Rhoda Wheldon (both sisters of the bride), the Mower girls being Barbara and Susan Mason.

The matron of honour and the bridesmaid wore frocks of white gear gelte over satin made with fitted yokes, long sleeves and very full Zkirts) Pockets of silver and white beads were just below the hip-line. 'They wore Juliet caps of the silver and white beads and carried posies of pastel sweet peas and freesias. 'The flower girls' frocks were of white dotted Swiss muslin with insertions of Valenciennes Ince, made in Empirs Murdered Shanghai, Mar, 24 Mr. Chen Kai-kwang, 35-year old chairman of the Western District Citizens' and Shop-Owners' Federation and concurrently holding high position with the Shanghai Refugee Relief Society, was shot and killed in front of the Chiao Lin vegetarian restaurant at the Inter section of Rue Baron Gros and Averiie Joffre at about Mar. 22, as he was escorting hhis dinner guests to Mr. Cheng had hardly lest the restaurant, when a Tone gunman Gashed up to him and fired several shots at point-blank range, CPC. 1180 who was near the scene at the time, rushed to the rescue. 'The gunman decamped towards Rue Kractzer, firing at the policeman who was' giving chase. 'The constable returned the fire subsequently wounding the assassin with "a shot in the cheek and another in the right leg. Fortunately for the policeman, the thug only had tone round left in' his pistol when he slumped to the ground and before he could bring his pistol into play again, the CP.C, had wrenched it from' his hands, The gunman was taken to the police station after having received first-aid. treatment The victim was rushed to the St Marie's Hospital but was found to be dead on arrival, Though the motive for the murder is believed to be vengeance, the theory that there may-have been a political background to the assassinaon, is being investigated at the present time, The shooting was all the more tragic ax deceased was the host to 2 group of friends who had gathered atthe restaurant to celebrate his, father's 70th birthday.

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