May 15
Yesterday further details about the Club Institute Day which will take place on May 15 at the premises of the Community Church Annex in Avenue Petain, were discussed.
The topic being "Hobbies," Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. W. J. Hawkins of the B.W.A. Gardening Section will lecture upon Indoor Flower decoration for tables and rooms and about Bee-keeping—and both will demonstrate their work, bringing along the necessary demonstration objects, which will also be exhibited.
The Russian Women's League will delegate Mrs. Tyna to speak on Russian handicraft and products of the same will be exposed. These items to fill the morning session until 11 ana. an interval of 15 minutes will be granted, after which the Scandinavian Women's Club member, Mrs. Suendsback, will speak about and demonstrate weaving, and Mrs. Elster of the same organization lecture өn "pocket gardening", which seems to be a specially interesting item in view of the high price of vegetables.
Tifin will be served at 12.30 p.m. until 2 pin. and the members of the gathering will be entertained by group songs, ie. folk songs of the various nationalities represented at the Joint Committee. Also Mrs. J. Kucej will take part in this programme as a soloist. After tiffin the monthly Joint Committee meeting will be held and a lecture on dress designing should follow, before tea will be served at a private Chinese home near by, where also a lecture about "collecting" will be given and This programme promises to be a very interesting and fascinating one, with all the variety of "hobbies" being dealt with in the same.
Shortage of materials from usual sources of supply is beginning to affect other plants: enamel ware plants have reduced output by one-third during April. Difficulty is experienced by machine shops in c> taining sheet iron, cast iron. brass and copper, and previously used materials are being resorted to. Rubber industries are diluting raw with reclaimed ruther [because of difficulty of obtaining the raw product. "Announced Customs policy controlling export from Shanghai of a certain range of products to Southern markets has not yet made itself felt. Export licence requirements in the United States are causing difficulty for some enterprises.
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