Officer, and Mrs. Bowen left on Moy 1 in the s, Empress of Canada, 'Tye Municipal Council' nas ap [proved the appointment of Mr. R, G. MacDonald as a Lester Trustee in succession to the late Mr. Harold Porter, ca1c, Miss Jeanne E, Farmer sailed the s, Bmpress of Canada on May 2, on a combined busines and pleasure trip to her home in Richmond, Vir~ Jginia, via Honolulu and Canada, She expects to return in September.
Anoxcst the passengers who rived on May 1 in the s, Chitral were Mrs R. S, Duff, Mr, and Mrs, R. Fyfe, Mrs. T. S. Parry and child, and Messrs. D. D. Carter, D. Campbell, EC. Ramsey, J.P. Cope hill from England and Mr. H. Gila from Singapore.
Mu. R. G, MacDonald has been re-elected chairman of the Orchestra fand Band Committee and Messrs, de Luca, OF, Harris and Eh. Grosbois have been appointed as a Business Sub-Committee to supervise the administrative side of the Orchestra and Band's work.
Amoxcst the passengers who arrived in the s, Patroclus on Apri} 28° were—Mrs, Selby-Walker from England; Mrs, Travers-Smith and Mr. CA, Member from Marseilles, and from' Hongkong—Bishop L. H, Roots and Miss F. Roots, Lieut. Col, Hens~ tock, and Messrs C. H. Arnhold and MR, and Mrs, H, 'T. Scott left on April 26 in' the s. Rawalpindi for home, Mr, Scott has been on the staff of the British Naval OMce for the past twelve years having come to Shanghai direct in 1926 after three years service in Bermuda, They are how proceeding on. retirement 10 England for a holiday, and. thence to South Africa, where they propose to make their future home.
Mu, H. E, Morriss entertained guests ai, his home for tea on April 25° to meet Admiral and Mrs. H, B. Yarnell. Those present were—Admiral and Mrs.
Yarnell, Capt. and Mrs, RF. Me~ Connell, Flag Lieut. and' Mrs. J. Sylvester, Mrs, Handley-Derry, Sir Frederick and Lady Maze,'
Handley-Derry Jr, Mrs. R. W. Davis, Dr. and Mrs, Way Sheng Zur, and Messrs, 8, T. Bitting, L. N. Johnson, IM. M, Bates and G. A. Efron, Mr, W. B. 0. Middleton Shanghai, May 1.
The death occurred suddenly yes~ ieérday at the age of $0 years of Mr. W. B. O. 'Middleton for many years prominent resident of Shang thai, Surviving him are his widow and their two daughters; a sister Tientsin; 2 brother in Australia ud. another" in' America, and) a brother in Shanghai, Mr. Hugh Mid die ton. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mr, Middleton came out to China at the beginning of the century. He was married here in 1908 and. has Femained. in Shanghai ever since, except for periodic trips Home, of course, and brief holidays. spent in other parts of China and Japan.
He was very well known and Uked in the business world, being a director of Burkill & Sons and a umber of their associated companies nda ce-director with his brother in the firm of Hugh Middleton Ca, (insur.), Lid. He was president of the St. Andrew's Society. during the past year and was a member of the Shanghai Club, French Club and other clubs in Shanghai.
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