Mu. and Mrs. R. W. Davis arrived in London on July 17, after a comfortable trip via Siberia and are at present staying at Malvern, where their children, Susan and "Rodney fare at school, soit, W, Tina has boon admited suering froma stomach limes othe Country' Hospital on "Auge 8
'Tit GO.M. of Shanghai shipping, Mr. Erie Moller, sour, govern-Ing director of Mollers' Lid, ele, celebrated his Gath birthday "on August 12. on August 8 for Hongkong, and.
Ma, and Mrs, BE Parsons lett ter a short stay there, will pro: Jecod to Now Zetland on™ holiday, returning to Shanghai ° somewhere about the end of March, Care, HM. Smyth," Deputy-Ca missioner of the S.MLP. will act [Commissioner "during the three Weeks' absence of Major XK. Bourne, Commissioner, who is sail: jing on' short-leave this week.
M. Jus Emile Lemiere, the Joldest member of the French' community, celebrated his 83rd birthe day on' August 11 and was guest at a timm given by his friends at the Shanghai Club, In this world of rear uncertainly and. swift politi-Jeal changes, it is amazing to think {that Mf, "Lemiere remembers. vivid ly the siege of Paris in the Franco: Prussian War, which concluded just before "he came out to. the Far East. At the age of 83, he is mentally' alert and physically vigorous, edits "an interesting' "'monthly magazine, and is on duty with the French Special Pollee—a record which should put many" younger men to shame. Looking over his Hong span of life and his varied experiences, in a brief speech at the tiffin, he linked the international character. "of Shanghai, Anglo-french amity and the cause of pence. jin his toast' to his friends,
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