The Archive · 1941

PERSONAL NOTES Sth Elly Kadoorie arrived on Feb

25, in the s, President Coolidge.

Mu, X, Yazima has taken up his @uties as manage' of the Nippon Yusen Kaisya, Shanghai branch, having relieved Mr, K. Watanabe.

Aw announcement is contained In "Phe Daily Telegraph" of December'12, of the birth of a son, on December 9, to Mr. and Mrs, John Paterson, Mr. W. J. Keswick, Chairman of the Shanghai -Munieipal Counett who has been absent in the south on.a short holiday returned to Shanghat on February 28, Mu, Telzo Sekiya, newly-ap~ pointed Counsellor of the Manchou-kuan Embassy at Nanking, arrived in Shanghai on his way 10 his post the afternoon, of February 23, in the s. Dairen Maru, the "Taitiku Shimpo" reports, Mau, matter addressed to the fol Towing in care of the American Consulate General, remained _uncalled for March 3, Beck, Mrs, John; Hall, Kenneth; Wilbourne, Ray: Marland, Miss Patricia; Marsh, Hale 1; Newton, Nelson.

'Mrs, Beesley, wife of Mr, 'Tom Beesley, of the' S.M.C, Secretariat, ud her sister, Miss Nora Hunter, Toft, on Feb, 26, in the President Coolidge on a visit to the United States, They expect tobe absent from Shanghai about six months, Mu, Shin Osanal, former manager of the Dairen Branch of the Mit~ subishi Bank, has arrived in. Shang. hal as manager of its Shanghai Branch, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reports, His predecessor, Mr, Masami Nozaki, has been appointed to the post of manager, of the Bank'y Yotsuya Branch in"Tokyo, the paper added, Tum oficial pass lists forwarded vy the authorities of London University show that at the Jung 1940, matricula~ tion examination the following results were obtained by candidates from the Briansky, RIV, Cheng Chu Yuen, Kon Chuun-Ching, Leo, Charles, Orloff. GA, Son KungeTsing, " Second division—Lee Hsiao Shao, Tsz Tub Chien, There were no failures, Tne Municipal Council has accept ed with regret the resignation from the Works Committee of Mr. K, Watanabe, on his departure from Shanghai" and conveyed its. thanks to Ins, Watanabe for his valuable services on the Committee, Mr. Yazima has accepted the invitation of the Council to succeed Mr, Watanabe as a member of the Works Committee during the remainder of the Municipal year, AN excellent report has just been received of a former local girl, Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Mr, Peter Taylor (P.W.D.) who started her schooling in the Cathedral School uni she went as a boarder to Chi foo finally leaving for home in 1939, Although not yet twelve years old, she took first place in her class of 36 scholars in Douging High School and had the distinction of gaining the highest pereontaxe for the school, 'Mu. H,.D. M, Robertson, Deputy Commissioner of the SMP. in charge of the Arms and 'Training Reserve, and the Sikh Branch, wilt Jeave on about March 4, bound for Canada where he intends to spend his six months' furlough. His place will be temporarily taken over by 'Assistant Commissioner A, H, Samson, who will also be in' charge of the' Russian Auxiliary Detachment, which has been under Mr. Robertson since its transfer to the police, "fne health of the French Municipality for the week ending March 1, shows that the total number of deaths from al] causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Concession was—Forelgners 2 and Chinese 177, Deaths from noria. able diseases' were—Forelgnors, tuberculosis one, and Chinese, tuber sulosie #4; pneumonia 11; typhiold and paralyphold fevers G;\ measles diphtheria 2; cerebrospinal mening~ itis 2 and varicocele, septicaemia, dysentery one each,

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