Da. D. 1. Kasakoff, chairman of the Russian Orthodox Confraternity, left on July 31 for Japan to spend a month's holiday at Karatsu. and Mrs. Ed. Birt left on Suly'27'in the s. Hoten Maru for Teingiao for their summer holiday Jand expect to return about Septem-
Mu, Aubrey Hillaly of the Shans hai Stock Exchange arrived on July the s, Kaiping after a holiday spent with his family at Peitaiho Beach.
Mu. L, Britton, Oriental Manager for RKO, Pictures, and Mrs, Brit ion returned to Shanghai inthe s. Emprest of Canada on July 25 after trip to the United States Mins. Robertson, the wife of Mr. Charles A. "Robertson, of the Com= mercial Oeo of the 'U.S Consulate (and sister of Mrs. Muton) left last week "in the s. Kaiping for Chin-Wangtao,, She "proceeds. to Peiping for the summer holidays, Tue Attache for Pross and Culture Jot the Royal Hallan Embassy Dr. F.
Apolion} came back 10 Shanghai on bord. the Empress of Canada on July 25. He has been for some weeks "in Japan, lecturing in the Toeal universities on the Italian ¢or= parative state, Conmmtovone T, B, Drew, in charge lot His Majesty's naval establishes {in Singapore, including the Singapore naval base, was promoted to. the Tank of Rear-Admiral on Monday, statute of the portance Britain places on, her Singapore base.
Victor R. Bults jr, son of Mr. and Mrs, V.R. Butts, arrived on July 25 in s. Empress of Canada and will spend a month here with "his family. Me. will then return to Canada to attend the University of 'Toronto, word having been received fen July' 28 that he had pasted Senior Matriculation Examination as set by the Province of British Columbia, Mu, Clifford W. Pettit, former Secretary of the Foreign 'Y.MC.A., Shanghai, has taken over the post of business manager of the ity of New York, The day he took office, Mr. Pettit paid a warm tribute to the Chinese people who, he said, "have set an example. for the whole world by the fine spirit {hey "have "maintained throughout German Jewish Refugee Believed Drowned Shanghai, July 25.
The French Police, in ce-operation with the Customs River Police, yesterday were investigating the elreumstances surrounding the disappearance of Richard Samuel, a German Jewish. caler in fare and diamonds, living fat 1376 Avenue Joffre, who was be-Tleved to have jumped from a launch into the Whangpoo River sometime during. the afternoon.
Samuel, it appears, ordered a launch for four hours and ordered the laodah to. proceed downstream. Later the Taodah saw that his passenger, had vanished, only. his coat containing Several papers being left behind, Enquiries were at once started and was found that the man, who was married, had been borrowing large sums of money lately. He was be-Hevea tu have committed suicide owing to inability to repay these Plums Foooen ae re Boned sig nce ieee cpa eae Da, Leighton Stuarl, president of Yenching University in Peiping, expected to leave Chungking for Hongkong en roule to Peiping, 'Shanghai Ju' the next few' days following the completion of his Dusiness, says a report to. the Dr. Stuart expressed—gratifeation over the work of the university Interview on July 20, There are more than 900 students of both sexes now enrolled at the university, the report states,
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