victim was able to run into use but before fe could reach riner room another man dashed up from behind and stabbed his ght jog twice with a knife, 'The nen escaped during' the contusion. Aged '59, Mtr. Wang is a silk mer-hant and a money-lender giving faucial aid to small merchants and owkers vat a very high interest Known In Chinese circles as the ving Aficr the ceremony a reception was held "at O10 Yangts2ep00. Road, the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarke, 'Mrs. Clarke receiving. the guests' ina maroon-coloured gown ud a corsage of African daisies, Bentley-Taylor-Moore Shanghai, Mar, 7.
'The wedding took place on Tuesday at the Free Christian Church, 5 Tifeng Road, of Mr. David Bentley Taylor, son of Mr, and Mrs. Bentley-Taylor' of Hereford, and Miss Jessie Mabel Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur' Moore of the China Inland Mission. The Rev. BR. E-'Thompson officiated.
'The bride was given away by Mr. George Findlay-Andrew. Her bridesmaid. was Miss Laura Robinson. Mr. Frank' Wood was best man, the ushers being Messrs, G. I. Andrew, Keeble and I. Morrison, Atter the ceremony a reception was held at the Chita "Inland Mission Hospi 1531 Sinza Road, at which the hosesses were Mrs. A.B. Wilson and Mrs. G. P. Andrew, trimmed with cream tage. With it
emeries, The honeymoon wi wore a brown coal, hat and Spent in Hangchow.
Sharman-Pearce Mrs. Georgina Pearce and Mr. Victor Sharman, Assistant Commis: sioner of Police, were married. ye terday morning at the British Con late General and later held n recep: tion at the Mandarin Club, Mr. W. J." MacDermott, Assistant Commis. sioner of Police was the Best Man and. Miss Jean Lindsay was the Mald of Honour. There were over two hundred guests present, the Shanghai Municipal Police Force easily representing sixty per cent. of them, including Major "and Mrs Bourne; "Captain Smythe: Superintendent J, Chamberlain; Superiniend. ent and Mrs. RE. Hall; Super Intendent and Mrs. Mason; Mr. Yao; Liang; Mr. K. S." Kun; Mr Akagi; Me. and" Mrs. Kakegal; Me. Furuya; Mr, Samson; Me, Perkins; Mr. and. Mrs." Brownrege: Mr. Mrs, RG, MacDonald and Mr. and Mrs. Grabb, among many others.
Punch and cocktails and. refresh. ments. were served and. the. bride and bridegroom were constantly con. @ratulated until the grand moment Serived when, to. the tune of "The Wedding March." the bridegroom led his bride to the cake. "It was three tiered and topped by a tall pagoda with silver bells and stood out like 2 white castle of dreams in the soft low produced by the Chinese lamps and the red candies, 'The bride, 'Wearing along. sleek black sows Studded with gold stare at the neck, and a pearl cap and a small wreath fof white flowers, unsheathed the old 'Tibetan' sword—such "ae chieftains used to carry—and cut the cake.
Mr. MacDermott proposed the long fe, "health and happiness of the smiling bride and bridegroom and the bridegroom responded. There was much hearty toasting from every corner of the room and Mr. and Mrs Mason C, T. Eateot of the Salva tion Army, left for Hongkong on March 7, Ma, and Mrs, H. M, Hind, ro-tumed "from Manila by the BEY, Tjisadane on' March 5, Mr. C. M. McDonald, correspondent of "Phe Times" (London), lett. for the south on March 9, During his absence "The Times" will be repre sented by Mr. A. P. Finch.
Miss Margaret M. Brown, of the United Church of Canada Mission and 'a member of the staff of the Chris tian Literature Society in Shanghai, left in the President Pierce on March 10, for furlough in Canada, Tue Municipal Council has been Informed that the Board of Gover~ nors of the Shanghai General Hospital has appointed Dr. RJ. MeMullen as a Governor of the Hospital, in succession to Mr, J. W. Carney upon' the latter's resignation, Amn, J, A. Alexander, the Press Auaché of 1H. M, Embatsy in China, was at home to° members of the ress yesterday evening to meet Mr, RH. Scott, the Far Eastern Difoetor of the Ministry of Informa ion, who ig here on a visit from Singapore, The "at "home took the form of 'a cocktail parly at 986 Avenue Haig.
John E, Baker, secretary general of the American Red Crass Society in China and concurrently Gireetor of the China International Famine Relief committes, has been appointed, by the Chinese National Governiént, chairman of the Yun~ Nan-Burma ' Highway committee, reports the "Sin Wan Pao," Before Dr, Baker can tke up" his new dulles, the "appointment hag to. be approved by" the American Red Cross, the report adds, Hour, W. G., Howe of the Light Automatic '(A.D.) Company, 8: V.C., left "on March 8, to. Join the Indian Army. During the Great War hho wis attached to. the Royal Eng-neers and saw service in Mesopotamia, North-West Perala and Kurdistan during " the 1919/20 "insurrection. Yesterday he was entertained at gin party at the "Cockpit," when Capt. "LIV. Gulston made' a "pre sentation and wished Bon him Voyage," on. behalf of the Light the
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