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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.

Sultanate of Brunei, Aug., 1904. Club: Singapore. Address: But- terworth, Province Wellesley,

Straits Settlements,

SHEWAN, Robert Gordon (HONG- KONG), Merchant; senior partner

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in the firm Shewan, Tomes and Co.; b. 1880. Arrived in Hongkong in 1881; was connected with the now defunct firm of Russell and

Co., then one of the largest mer- cantile firms in East; subsequently took over the business of the firm and founded the existing establish- ment of Shewan, Tomes and Co.; was elected a member of the Legis- lative Council in the interests of

the, Chamber of Commerce in 1902 and sat until April, 1906, when resigned in order to go abroad; is a director in several local companies. Clubs: Hongkong; Jockey, and most sporting clubs. Address: St. George's Building, the Praya,

Hongkong.

SHIBATA, Kamon (TOKYO), Chief Secretary of Cabinet; b. 1861, at Kanazawa. Educ.: Tokyo Univ. Appointed Councillor of Home Office, 1886; Secretary of Cabinet, 1899; Director of Local Adm. Bureau, Home Office, 1895; trans-

ferred to present post, 1903. Ad-

dress: Tokyo, Japan.

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SHIH-HSU (PEKING), Grand Secretary; native of Manchuria. Director of

Imperial Armoury, March, 1895; Comptroller of the Household, July, 1896; Sub-Chancellor, Grand Secre tariat, Nov., 1899; junior Vice- Presdt. Board of Works, Feb., 1900;

Presdt. Mongolian Superintendency,

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Feb., 1901; Presdt., Board of Cere.

monies, March, 1991; Lieut.-General, Plain Red Banner Corps, spring, 1901; Presdt., Board of Civil Office, Oct., 1903; Vice-Comm., Peking

Octroi, Sept., 1994; Asst. Grand

Secretary, Nov., 1994; Grand Sec.,

July, 1905.

SHIH-TO (see: LI, PRINCE).

SHIMADA, Saburo (TOKYO), M.P.;

Editor and proprietor of "Maini-

chi"; b. in Tokyo, Oct., 1852. Was connected with a daily journal published in Tokyo, 1874; for some years was in Japanese Govern-

ment service; has sat in Lower

House since 1st session; was for- merly Vice-Pres. of House. Pub-

lications: "How Japan was opened to Foreign Intercourse,' etc. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

SHIMAMURA, Rear-Admiral Hayao

(TOKYO), Commander-in-Chief of Training Squadron; b. Sept., 1858,

at Tosa. Was a staff Lieutenant

in Chino-Japanese War; promoted to a command on its termination; attached to Italian Legation, 1893; Commander of "Suma" and saw

service during Boxer trouble; on outbreak of war with Russia was

chosen by Admiral Togo as his chief of staff, with rank of Rear-

Admiral; in Battle of Tsushima

commanded detatcliment of arm-

oured cruisers; visited Australia in .command of training squadron,

1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

SHIMOSE, Masuchika (TOKYO), Prof. of Applied Chemistry; b. Dec. 18, 1859; m. Katsuchiyo Numi. Educ.: Imperial College of Engineering,