A Mrrrinc of the western circle, K.DS. will be held at the rooms 866 Avenue Foch on Wednesday at 10 am, Hospital Committee 9.30 a.m.
<An securing Shanghai's leading pianist SrAtion XCDN is most fortunate for a short recital on Wednesday, Mr. Robert Hohner who will play a Programme of Chopin compositions at, 8.30 p.m.
Pompo Vila will give another of this successful recitals on the Ham-A Organ over XCDN tonight at p.m. The Hammond Organ which Mr. Vila plays is the only one in "Shanghai, or for that matter, in the lar East, Tre "museum of the National {Szechuan University has been converted into the Szechuan: Provincial Museum, says a Chungking report to sihe "Cheng Yien Pao." The museum "will shortly be inaugurated with Mr. "Feng Han-kao as director.
"Honorary members and friends of Society of the Helpers of the Holy "Souls "are reminded that a Mass will celebrated at the Chapel at Sa.
Convent on Monday, at 8 which they are cordially "Tuar a modern ethical code is preferable to orthodox Christianity," Swill be proposed on the Foreign "Y" debating programme on Thursday, at bin. Mr. J. A. Eggo is proposing, "and Rev. E. J. Ottewell is opposing. An interesting debate is expected, Tie Zero Club will hold an ìn-
"Hornby, who is leaving Shanghai on Sina aanak in Honour of Colonel "February 19, at the Country Club, Colonel Hornby has offered the club Snooker trophy, and the dinner will be followed by snooker at. the Country Club, Secon Advent Testimony, the next meeting of this series will be held, D.V., at 5.45 pin, on Tuesday, at the Shanghai Free Christian Church, 5 Tifeng Road. Chairman: Mr, R. H. Mathews. Speaker: Mr, A. E illips, Theme: The Man of Sin:
is Power and Penalty.
SuncPAn hsien in northwest Szechu-'Wan is now being divided into three districts to facilitate district administration and the development of its natural resources, according to a Chungking report to the Cheng Yien Pao, Each sub-divided district will maintain' an administrative district bureau.
Tuis evening at 7.30 over XMHA the Shanghai Catholic Radio League resents a talk by the Rev. James F. "Kearney, S. J., on the relations between Church' and State. Due to "Father "Kearney's absence from "Shanghai the Rev. Leo F, McGreal, B.J, will read the talk on the "@atholic Hour broadcast, Ly view of the public interest taken in the voting on the amendment "moved at the Special Meeting of "Ratepayers by Mr. E. S. Little and {seconded by Mr, V. M. Allington it may be of value to announce that on the ppll there voted in favour of the
i the amendMent 407 persons, states mani.393 persons and against ANOTHER case of commandeering was reported to the police at 9.10 am. yesterday when the driver of Johnson taxi 18591 was forced out of "the car by three men, one of them reported to be armed with a pistol.
The crime occured on Yan Jan Pang, off Yenping Road, and the taxi was later found abandoned on Avenue if Edward vīr. It was not known whether the taxi had been commandeered with a view of committing a crime, but investigations are i being continued, i.. Tue annual concert of young artists, ji arranged by Professor S, Aksakov, will take place on February 14 in the League of the Foreign ¥.M.C.A. i building, The concert is. open to members of the Association and their friends, and the programme is considered to surpass those of similar concerts in previous years, This year ti the pupils of Professor Aksakov, Pro fessor B, M. Lazareff, Professor B.
G. Shuehlin and Madame B, L, Mikinchuk will participate, and other well known local artistes who will appear with the younger musicians are i Mmes Fausta Saharova Gora Goustova and Tamara Chumakova.
Tume Shanghai Municipal Police report for the week ending February 8, showed an increase in minor crimes, tthe total number being given as 386 as compared to 239 reported during the previous week, Armed robberies, however, continued on the downward grade and there were only fourteen, with one of them an attempted' robbery. Other minor crimes showed increases, the biggest one being in the larceny cases, which rose to 163. An increase of 212 arrests was recorded and of thy: number 115 were identified as old offenders. Largest number of persons arrested was for gambling, the police detaining 152 and identifying Rumours, which found wide currency in Shanghai on Friday that the Hongkong Government had as a precautionary measure again banned the export of rice to Shanghai i! were discovered to be absolutely untrue, reports the "Sin Wan Pao." It now appears that rice merchants had concocted such rumours for profit-taking and to disturb market prices, which reacted upon an upward trend yesterday, and thus generally showed a gain of one dollar as compared with the previous day. Telegraphic advices received from Hongkong rice merchants in reply to local enquiries stated" that consignments of rice are i still being sent to Shanghai, the report concludes.
A member of the British Parliament seems to have got into some trouble by. his use of the word "brats"
in reference to the evacuated child-Hiren. In Yorkshire a "brat" is a pinafore or apron, "I put. her if clean brat' on this morning" is a regular expression by mothers, In the South Country "brat" is always used in the contemptuous sense, but jin Durham, Northumberland, ' and Scotland' it may even"be term of endearment. It was more in this sense that in his maiden speech Major Duncan McCallum, who succeeded the late Mr, Macquisten as member for Major Mce-veteran Mr. who, over 88 years of age, can still sing "The Man That Broke. the Bank at Monte Carlo,"
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