The Archive · 1941

From Day to Day

Tse Rotary Club will meet on Thursday. 12.15 pni, at the Mettopole Hotel when Dr, John C. Ferguson will be the speaker.

Ra Phillips, XCDN's American newscaster, gives the late night

it Moviegoers News Summary eae i cet at 1140 over this station, Mk. Sanéhiko Yamamoto. president -^Mr. Süehéi Shioda, newly-appoint-public procurator consul to the ansulate-General here, Mainieai" reports, at Shanghai on Monday in the the "Shan statement expressing "unalterable". opposition to Mr. Hoover's plan Era] the nations under Germany's signed by 35 prominent American doctors, has been sent to President Roosevelt, Jh, the series concerning the war efforts of the British Commonwealth. of Nations, will be Mr,- P.D.G, Gain's talk tomorrow at 920 pin, from XCDN. His subject is "South Africa's War Effort," eye. ChildteH's League bridge Wur Oy those arp ama the land mahjongg x at Mrs. H. C; Hopkins, 158 gh Road. tomorrow, kindly bring their own cards, markers, mahjongg sets etc.

A CHINESE woman was robbed of $400 at 1.15 p.m. yesterday when she was held up by two mien, one of fern armed, "outside 403 Kwangse THe robbers mahsied to escape fore the victim could raise an, alarm. by Frank. Barry is the "Shanghai Tug new XCDN feature arranged

orum." Topics to be discussed today at 9.30 p.m. are "Economizing in Shanghai." "To spare the rod and Spoil the child" and "Buying on the Installment, Plan." mise dri luan. Anhwei, about tions Comi will, open a telegraph dime Central China Telecommunica-

May 78, owing the establishment telegraph offices in Tsungming and some time ago, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reports. result of the Union Chüreh

day was $1,590 for the funds Guild äge site held of the Union Church Fun Fair. The Guild wish to the who gave 80 getierously fo the sale and those who so very kindly helped to sell.

FEMALE Chinese, aged about 25, attempted to commit. suicide by drinking lysol at about 9.50 a.m, yes-dun", at the North Station Lodging fouse in Boundary Road, An am-Bülance was called out and she was

ere her condition was said to be io St. Elizabeth's Hospital, serious, Five ien, one of them armed, stole due [ins of 190 Peking Road (rom; of Dr, Tat Tuck at about $ pmi, yesterday. The men entered the office and asked to see someone, "When told that the man Wis pat there, dhe of the men, asked the office clerk out into the corridor, while the others proceeded into the doctor's room, where they forced him to.give them the money, Tie formal inauguration of the Overseas Industrial Development Company, which has a capital of $10,000,000, took place at the premises of the Bank of Communications in Chungking according to a Chungking sage to the "National Herald."

company is organized by various leüding Chinese financiers and industrialists from British Malaya. and is headed by Mr. Hu Wen-hu. (Aw Boon Haw) the well known philan-thrapist.

THp proposed China Gas Motor Transportation will shortly be established at Kweiyang under the joint spices of the China. Motor Company and the Kweichow Industrial Development Corporation, according to the "Cheng Yien Pao." The Company will have a capital of $5.000.000. which may later be increased to '$20,000.000, the report adds. 120 tucks Will undertake transportation

id Kweiyang and Kunming. Motor a ed Kweiyang and Chungking mechanics have been trained to establish motor repair and workshops.

Formen to yesterday's announcement that the Band of the Fourth 'Marines will appear on the stage of fu Grand Theatre tonight at the 9.15 p.m, performance, in connection with the' showing of "Here Comes the Navy," it is now learned that the fol-Towing programme of music will be of tickets for this performance to the U.S. Navy Relief Assoation, Tur programme for the thirtieth Sunday Symphony Concert in the lyceum Theatre, on Sunday, at 5.15 Pan. is as follows:—Overture Finale: prèsto Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Beethoven No. 1, bite (Beethoven's Cadenza)

in C major, 15 eon E Soloist: Levda Pezzini "Francesco da Rimini" a Fentasy for Orchestra........... Tschaikowsky Deputy-Conductor; Prof; Arrigo Foa.

Comtarep to the present turmoil, Shanghai,..wee.a paradise. 90 years Ago, and catered to the heart's desire of any. gourmand. who was fortunate enough to Jive at that period the Sin Wan Pao" states. It is pointed it. that provision stores in the loment announced on September 14. 1850, the followed prices for daily ies $1 for 14 lbs of beef; mutton at $1 for 12 Ibs; pork at 20 cash per catty; lard at 130 cash per catty; Chicken at 95 cash per catty: apples at 480 cAsh per catty and pears at 20 cash per catty. It was not $tfénge to hear people saying 90 years ago. that Shanghai's streets Were paved with gold, and everyone eñjoyed living in this city, the report says,

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