Turre will be a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Bubbling Well Chapel this morning at 1030 o'clock.
Tur Municipal Council has gratefully accepted and acknowledged a grant of Lira 50,000 towards he Municipal Orchestra and Band made by the Royal Italian Government.
Tue secretary, SSPCA, 184 Mohawk Road would appreciate hearıng from any member of the Society who has not received a copy of the September issue of "Blue Cross."
TuANESGEING Day chorus rehearsals are being held each Tuesday and Thursday at 530 p.m. in the Ladies Lounge of the American Club. Mr, L. C. Perry is conducting and all who are able and willing to help are invited.
Durma September, the public library issued 6,083 books to subscribers, 4,786 of fiction and 1,347 of non-fiction. 2,767 persons made use of the (Reading-rooms during the month. The library now has 687 subscribers.
CFottoWiwc a meeting held at the Shanghai Coal Merchants Association yesterday afternoon, it was decided that Hongay coal dust of "A" "B" and "C" grades be sold at a reduction of $1.50 per ton, says a report to the "Wen Hui Pao,"
Mes. Donald Roberts will give tne second of"her series of-talks on World Current Events today at 1l am. at the Y.W, C.A, 999 Bubbling Well Rohd. All who are interested are invited to attend. A small registration fee is charged for the series of eight talks.
As the US. flagship Augusta steamed slowly and gracefully to her berth shortly after noon yesteiday, a foreign lady, watching the arrival from the Bund, was overheard to remark: "Thank heaven!
Shanghai will be able once again te feel secure—a remark which undoubtedly expressed the feelings of many residents.
A sus-station of the Customs Preventive Service was re-established yesterday in the premises of the General Post Office on North Soochow Road for the inspection of cargo in transit along the Soocho Creek, says a report to the "Yi Pao. A tax collector of the Central Bank of China, the report states, and two preventive officers, have ' resumed their duties.
"Tux Ministry of War has issued 1nstructions to the Chinese people to save and collect iron, copper and other metal scrap which may be of value to military requirements, says a report to the "Yi Pao." Such collections, for which suitable rewards will be made, the message says, are to be sent to the nearest Chinese outpost, and in turn delivered to the Ministry of War or to Chinese arsenals.
Wim membership increasing in direct proportion to the growth of the Japanese population in Shanghai, the Japanese Club, Boone Road, has launched an expansion programme, the Shanghai Mainichi reported yesterday. At a meeting Tuesday the Board of Directors unanimously passed a motion to form a specia commission to make plans for a new building and to revise club regula tions. The Japanese Club now has 867 members.
Tur Kiating Bank, with head offices located in Kiating, and branch offices in Shanghai, suspended business yesterday, says a report to the "Yl Pao." Following the outbreak of hostilities, the report states, the bank moved to 497 Avenue Joffre, where it carried on business for a time, but a heavy run on the bank and the fact that it has been unable to collect from creditors in the Japanese-occupied zones has made it impossible for the bank to carry on.
Lev by Madame Chiang Kai-shek, members of the New Life Association in Hankow early in the morning on October i0 visited the various centres for wounded and sick soldiers, bringing with them cartloads of beef, pork, and other eatables for distribution, says a report to the "Yi Pao." Madame Chiang addressed the soldiers declaring that General Chiang considers them more than merely officers and men or comrades, but as his brothers, the report states.
Sre Arturo Toscanini, whose recent reported clashes with Fasci: authorities concerning his departure from Italy kept the musie world on edge for several days, arrived in New York on Tuesday, aboard the lie de France. The famed conduct for inconspicuously left by the tourist gangway: in order to avoid questioning by reporters, He will be in New York for the next several.months while conducting the National Broadcasting Company's symphony orchestra in a series of broadcasts.
Since the outbreak of the hostilities more and more Chinese factories have been set up in the Southwest pro inces, many of them with foreign technical experts or engineers, says a report to the "Wen Hui Pao." Meanwhile, business activities have shown a tendency to develop interior-wise. according to a foreigner who has just returned from a tour in the Southwest, and many "foreign Shanghai merchants have set up businesses in those provinces or invested their capital in enterprises there, the report states.
Tue Y.W.CA. Finance Campaign workers held their first report rally on October 11 at 999 Bubbling Well Road. To date $5,000 of the desired goal of $30,000 has been reported by the team workers, Mps. H. L. Chenes team leads, having brought in $1,044. with Miss Zien Zang-Pungs team second with $812.00. Each $82 that comes in makes assured one day's existence of the Y.W.C.A. Over and above the funds received from classes, hostel fees, membership and special grants the Y.W.C.A. needs eighty two dollars a day; the reports on Tuesday have assured the running of the Y.W.CA. through March 9. 1939.
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