Being down at Bournemouth yesterday for a lecture I had the pleasure of meeting Lady Fraser whom I had not seen for many years. She was looking very well and, young as if one may venture so far, and charming as ever, Mr. Wheeler, formerly of the old Mixed Court, and Mrs. Wheeler, both very fit, kindly gave me a lift to the station. Mr, Wheeler tald me that Mr. R. C.
Aiers had recently been iting him and had given him interesting details of some of the members of the "Ta Tao" Government. Many ex-residents of Shanghai are now year. Smelter production in that period has increased. from 70,000 to 88,000 metric tons.
'This year it is likely that both mine output" and smelter production will top the 100,900 metric' ton mark.
Imports of copper ore and copper slabs and ingots during 1998, however, are likely to bring total consumption of copper in Japan above 20.000 tons compared with about 190,000 metric tons last year and only 82,090 tons in 1933, The "Love of Ming-y," a play in the Chinese style by Mary Basil Hall, was produced by the Play-rights' Club this week with great success. It tells the story of a learned young tutor who falls in love with an ageless wanton, crosses the threshold of death to join her but returns to life disillusioned.
It follows all the conventions of the Chinese drama, the open stage, property men sitting at the edge, a couple of chairs to present a palace and so forth. It was well acted and in the interval a collection of £123 was taken up for the International Peace Hospital in China, for whose benefit the play was given.
Falmouth wept when that won-carful old ship the Cutty Sark was taken to Greenhithe in the Thames, for the instructional use of the cadets of Worcester. But she rpmains as much "news" as ever. A luncheon party is being given on board her today, when fourteen officers and men who served in her before 1905 (when she became Portuguese property for a time) will be present.
Among the guests will be two sons of Captain Woodgett, the Cutty Sark's best known commander, who was on the bridge when she made her record-breaking trins round the world.
Mr. L, Durrant, another guest, served in the ship, in 1872, when she raced with her #reatest' rival, the Cmdr. Calderon, an-Oldtimers who will revisit his old ship, is an Old Worcester man. Cmdr, G. C. Steele, Captain Superintendent of the Wortester, will preside,
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