By a considerable majority Irishmen prédominare in the RAME. at the front. Some come from North Ireland, but more from Eire.
Tae usual Monday evening Bible Society Half Hour over the Christion Broadcasting Station XMHD will be taken by Dr. Carleton Lacy. Subject:—The Voice of God." At 830 pin, Despre the war there is still a good deal of interest in civil ay tion and services are on the increase, The Weston-Cardiff air ferry, which ceased to work on the outbreak of war, has been restarted and so have the services between Inverness and Shetland by way of Wick and Kirkwall, (GENERAL Georges, who is commanding the Group of Armies in N. E. France, and whom. the King met and decorated, is the direct Commander of the British Army in France, now in the line, Eventual successor to General Gamelin, he is a splendid soldier and the son. of a constable in the gendarmerie. A fne conversationalist, he quickly puts visitors at their ease.
Mas. Clarence E. Gauss, wife of the American Consul-Generat in Shanghai, accompanied by her son, Mr, C. B. Gauss, sailed for the United States in the s. President Taft on Saturday. Mr. C. E. Gauss will remain in Shanghai and expects to join his family in (California before proceeding to Canberra to take up his post as the first United States Minister to Australia.
Thk Earl of Darnley, who was reprimanded by Lord Halifax for asking untimely questions about peace negotiations, is an Irish peer. He sits in the Lords in virtue of an English barony inherited from a woman cousin in 1937. A major in the R.A.F. in the last war, he has been married twice. His only daughter, Lady Marguerite Strickland, is a hard-working actress of 26.
A Member of Parliament particularly interested in how matters stand in Finland is Mr. Patrick Donner, at present a pilot officer in the RAF. His father, Mr. Ossian Donner, now a naturalized Englishman, began life as a Finn. He was the first Minister Finland sent to this country. He married a Scots-woman. The family had to flee from Finland into Sweden during the previous Russian war.
Thk Modern Science Library of Japan at No. 149 Szechuen Road was visited by 9,780 persons, including Japanese, Chinese and foreigners, during January, the "Mainichi" said yesterday morning. Although faction and drama headed the list of books read, as usual, it was regarded as noteworthy that volumes on engineering, economics and industry were becoming increasingly popular, the paper said.
A bance was held at the Astor House Hotel Saturday night under the auspices of the, Japanese-Italian~ German Friendship Society, the "Shanghai Mainichi" said yesterday morning. Present were about 309 persons, among them Herr M. Fischer, German Consul-General. Invitations were issued by Mr. Yasuzo Hasegawa, Herr A. R. Kroeger and Signor G. Radicati di Primeglio, the paper said.
(Mr. R. A. Butler, who is repre. senting Britain at the League Council meeting, was 37 yesterday, and is certainly one of our ablest junior Ministers. He was appointed Under-'Secretary at the Foreign Office in February of 1938, after having distinguished himself by helping to pilot the India Bill through the Commons. Hig yte is the only child of Mr, Samuel Courtauld. She is not only a rich heiress, but is as politically-minded as her husband.
"Thk Old Comrades' Association of the Welch Regiment gave a cocktail party for. Major C. J. Corbin, founder of the local branch, at the Shanghai Club last week. A. souvenir paper knife adorned with the Regimental crest was presented to the guest of honour, who is leaving Shanghai after service as Brigade Major of the S.V.C. to rejoin his regiment. The committee of St. David's Society entertained Major Corbin at luncheon at the Shanghai Club last week.
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