London, Feb. 9.
The distribution, started on January 26, of the National Service Guide, a booklet which explains the Government's great, voluntary national service scheme, was substantially completed on February 2 and up to February 4, over 100,000 applications for enrolment have been received by local national service offices, stated Sir John Anderson, Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Civilian Defence, in a written reply in the House of Commons yesterday.
This figure, he said, did not include the considerable numbers of applications made direct to the offices of the various services.—Reuter. rising columns today announcing that Wednesday and Thursday, April 12 and 13, are fixed upon for the election of Councillors and for election by registered owners of land in the Foreign Settlement, of a Land Commissioner for the Municipal Year 1939.
Nomination papers must be delivered to the Secretary, Shanghai Municipal Council, Administration Building, 209
Kiangse Road, not later than 12 o'clock, noon, on Tuesday, April 4.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.