H.M.S. Surroux is arriving at 1 pin, today to replace H.M.S. Birmingham at the British Naval buoys.
Tuere will be a meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council on Wednesday, November 16, st 4.30 p.m.
Mrs. K. S. Mackenzie returned yesterday in the s. Hector, after a holiday of eighteen months in England.
P. & O. s. Canton left Hongkong at 9 am, yesterday and may be expected to arrive at Buoys Nos. 11-12 about 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Tur Nobel Prize of 1938 for chemistry will not be distributed. The available money will possibly be distributed together with the prize of 1939.
A Tea and reception will be held today at The Russian Women's Hostel to celebrate its third anniversary. The reception will be at 5.30 pin. and will be preceded by a short religious service.
Tue s. Empress of Japan left Hongkong yesterday between noon and.2 p.m. for Shanghai, The s. Empress of Asia left Kobe 4 pin. Friday and is due in Shanghai, 5 et pin, Monday. i Tur new Argentine Ambassador, Senor Tomas lo Breton, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace on Thursday morning and presented his letters of credence. Lord Halifax also had an audience of his Majesty.
Tur condition of Queen. Maria, mother of the young King Peter of Yugoslavia who underwent a gallstone and appendicitis operation at Zurich, was completely satisfactory, according to reports received in Belgrade.
Tue tonnage of goods carried by road in Germany during the first half of 1938 was 5,023,000,000 tons as against 4127000000 tons last year. The average per working day was 33,500 tons compared with 27,700 tons, equal to a rise of 20.9 per cent.
Proresson Wilhelm—Furtwangler, with the Berlin Philharmonic Or chestra, is to conduct in January next year a tour of England, Holland and Belgium, giving thirteen performances, In April and May the great conductor will tour with his famous orchestra through South Germany end Switzerland.
Tur eighteenth International Agricultural Congress is to be held in Dresden, from June 6 to 12, 1999, it is announced. Every sphere of agriculture will be included in the Various discussions, including such wide subjects as agrarian politics and the various branches of agricultural science.
Unper instructions from the Chekiang Provincial Government, says a report to the "Sin Wan Pao," the various district authorities are requested to encourage the populace to collect and send to the government authorities all available supplies of scrap metal, This measure is bein folent witha' Viw to accumulating all scraps for military purposes, "wr Girl Guides Signalling competition and Brownies Rally will take place today at 230 pin. at the Girls Cathedral School, 425 Avenue Haig, weather permitting. All those interested are cordially invited, In case of rain an announcement postponing the rally to the following Saturday, November 19, will be made over station XMHA, Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the following service will be broadcast over Station XMHD. Prelude, "Halleujah Chorus" (Trinity Choir) announcements, "His yoke is cissy" (B, B. Choir), prayer, "Come all ye faithful" (song), Scripture reading, "When the roll is called up yonder' (song), sermon by Dr. Lacy L. Little, "In the sweet bye-and-bye" (song), dismissal.
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