Mr. and Mrs, A. Courthial left yesterday in the s. Aramis.
Cotone, C. B. Cates and Mrs. Cates and child left yesterday in the HMS. Bmaanonam left yesterday with Admiral Sir Percy Noble on board for Hongkong.
Mr. A. Van Cutsem, Belgium Consul-General, accompanied by his wife left yesterday in the s. Aramis, 'M: KNOBEL, Counsellor at the French Embassy, and Mme. Knobel, left Shanghai yesterday for France in the (Messageries Maritimes liner Aramis.
Tue Reich Government has decided to discontinue its Legation in Tirana, capital of the former Kingdom of Albania, and to replace it by a Consulate, it is announced in Berlin.
DepIcATIon ceremonies of a heavy howitzer, captured by the Japanese forces, were held at the Shanghai Jinja, Shinto shrine on Kiangwan Road, on Monday morning.
M. Pontet, of the Credit Foncier @Extreme-Orient, and Mme. Pontet left Shanghai for France on home leave yesterday, sailing in the M.M. liner Aramis.
Jupce Sir Athol MacGregor, Chief Justice of Hongkong, who has been in Shanghai during the hearing of appeal cases by the Full Court, will leave for Hongkong on Thursday.
Commaspant A. Fabre, who has been in command of the Second Battalion Marche de Chine for the past 20 months, and Mme. Fabre and their family, left Shanghai yesterday by the: Aramis for France.
Mme. R. Jobez, wife of the Assistant Director of the French Police, and family left yesterday for France in the Messageries Maritimes liner Aramis. Mme. Baldensperger, wife pf M. Baldensperger, of the Banque de I'Indochine, and family also sailed by the same vessel.
Im is announced. that. the 10th Drawing of the Refugee Lottery will take place at-230 pin. today at the Canidrome, Tickets will be on sale at all department stores and authorised lot stores till noon today. The Growing will be broadcast over Radio Station XHHK, at 1340 kiloeyles, in English and Mandarin, A meeting of the Royal -Asiatic Society will be held in the Wu Lien-Teh Hall, 20 Museum Road, on Thursday, June 8, at 5.30 pin., when a lecture will be given by: Dr. Henry Farnsworth Macnair on "some vicissitudes ofa mid-Victorian consul." The chair will be taken by Mr. Arthur de Carle Sowerby, The meeting is open to the public.
A mysterious fire broke out and badly damaged the Japanese barracks in Tientsin on June 2, says a belated Hongkong Chinese message to the "Sin Wan Pao." Large quantities of corn stored up in the barracks were destroyed, causing heavy losses. Among other premises destroyed by the conflagration, were a Japanese ice factory, offices of the Japanese military authorities, as well as part of the premises of the Japanese gendarmerie, the report states, Tre programme for the Brass Band Concert to be given in the French Park, on Wednesday. June 7. from 5 pin. to 630 pin. (weather permitting) ið as follows:—Overture "Ivan"
Conterno Dance "Do Do". 4 Buck Serenade "Love in Idieness Macbeth Suite "Dance of the Hours'
Ponchiello Descriptive Piece "A Summi
og "Alexander's in Norway.
Randh te Berlin Rag Time Selection "Ùn Halle in Maschera" Verdi Amonest the passengers who left yesterday in the Messageries Maritimes liner motor vessel Aramis were: Mrs. E. Molines, Mr. and Mrs, A Sadoc and 2 children, Mrs. P. Cousyn and 3 children. Mr. and Mrs. L. Mayol and 3 children, Mrs. Brelivet and 1 child, Captain and Mrs. Riou and child, Mr. and Mrs. Lemoult, Captain and Mrs. C. C, Coffman and 2 children, Captain and Mrs. K. K. Louther and 2 children, Captain and Mrs, W. M. Greene /and 2 children, Mr, and Mrs. Mare Ghadourne, Messrs J. R. Guinn, C. Ñ. B. Aall, G. E Cullinan, Miss H. Sourmine, Tue China Foreign Relations Federation in Chungking has received a request from Philippine cultural groups, asking that Chinese war pictures depicting the activities of Chinese resistance be sent to Manila, says a Chungking Chinese message to the "Chinese American Daily News." The cultural groups comprise over 30 various religious and other public bodies, which will sponsor a "Support Democracies and Collective Security" exhibition in Manila on July 4, for which the request has been made, the report states.
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