A large group of children from the China Inland Mission School at Chefoo arrived at Kunming yesterday for their long Christmas and New Year vacation. They were accompanied by Miss Daisy Kemp, of the Mission Medical Staf, who is returning to Yunnan after an extended furlough. Part of the party of students go as far as Anshun, Kweichow. With motor road connection it is not a Gifficult matter for them te have a worthwhile holiday with their parents, ever: though so far inland.
Mise Maude Russell and Miss Ruth Parkard of the National Y.W.C.A. staff passed through Kunming recently. Miss Russell goes to Kweiyang to help in the development of the newly-organized Association there, end Miss Packard soco to Chengtu.
Mr, L. Rocha, representing General Motors in Indo-China and Yunnan flew to Kunming on December 17 on business, The Kunming Rotary Club has had its numbers greatly increased by the arrival of Rotarians from practically every city in China. Visitors passing hrough are attendants weekly. The Iceal club voted that anyone who is a Rotarian elsewhere may automatical-z com a member of the Kunming "ivb, vill; ages enjoy peace. A few miles e mute evidences of the {fom the railways, the old govern-guerillas' handiwork.
The greatest ment continues to function. piece of news affecting the welfare Foreign property in Hsuchowfu of the country as a whole is that the was generally respected by the re good, food is|Japanese army and air force, with plentiful and cheap the exception of the large American Hsuchowfu is a city of contrasts "protestant church m One third was burned to the ground jand the Catholic which some of the fires having been star were severely bomb with by the Japanese after they entered 2° loss of life. the city. Very few civil American Cani killed as there was no battle in or tholic and Prof near the city Citizens have flocked of the Swastika back in large numbers, and the lo piece of refugee work. streets are crowded. Small houses|^t one time they kad nearly 4,000 and shops have been rebuilt,
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