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ON THE WORLD'S ROOF-Hore are four of the intrepid explorers of the Mount Everest Expedition, concerning which a wonder film of adventure is to be shown at the Star Theatre, Kowloop, starting to-morrow,
THE PAST RECALLED. This picture shows the donor of the Barnas Cup, Lieut. Col, A. A. S. Barnes, Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer 1908-1913, with the winning team of the first competi tion, held in 1913. The winners vere then known as the Maxim Co., now the Machine Guppers. Nearly All the men in the group served in the Great War, and three of them, made the great sacrifice, asmaly, J. Law, S. Heaman and S. Rayner, Front row: Sgt. T. Hutchinson, Lieut-Col. Barnes, 2nd Lieut. H. E. Middleton. Back row: Cpl. A. J, H. Carey, Gor. J. Lav, Sgt S. Honmao, Gar. S. Raynor and Gar. A. V, Pettili
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ST. GEORGE'S BALL AT THE MAJESTIC HOTEL Upwards of a thousand members and guests of the Royal Society of St. George gathered at the Majestic Hotel to Shangbai on the night of April 23, in honour of England's Patron Saint, The ball was on a scale never before attempied by the Shanghai branch of the Society, and was attended by the greatest success, The Majestic was beautifully decorated for the occasion, walls and pillars being draped with red and white, while around the walls hung various obields and coats of arms. During the evening thero was the usual picturesque procenaica of Bosscators.
THE SHANGHAI BUND TO-DAY-So complete bas boon the transformation of the Shanghai Bund to the last five years that old residents frequently find themselves stopping to wonder how it could have come about. Our photograph taken by Mr. E. A. Prince, gives an idea of the thoroughfare as it looks from the top of the N. K. K. building at the corner of Canton Road,
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the use of oxygen gas in the attempt to climb Mount Everest (29,002 feet) by the 1924 Ex- pedition/