Largest Vessel Built in England Launched Liverpool, July 28.
In the presence of a crowd of over 100,000, the largest vessel ever to have been built in English yards, the new Mauretania, was launched at the Birkenhead dockyards today. The RMS. Queen Mary was built on the Clyde, Scotland.
The vessel is 255 metres in length and was built in the record time of fourteen months.
Lady Bates, wife of the chairman of the Cunard-White Star line, broke the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow of the ship.—Havas.
Members of the Executive Council are Dr. C. F. Lim, Mr. K. T. Ouang, Dr. William Hung, Dr. J. L. Stuart, Mr. O. E. Clubb and Dr. H. C. E. Zacharias.
Dr. Y. C. Chang has been elected Managing Editor of the "Chinese Social and Political Science Review," the quarterly publication of the Association. Mr. C. D. H. Chen, Librarian of the Association, has been re-elected business manager of the publication.
Established more than twenty years ago, the Association is a learned society with an international membership, It maintains one of the finest libraries of its kind in the Far East, which is open only to members and those recommended by them.
The new President, Dr. Houghton, was rst Vice-President of the Association last year.—Reuter.
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