BRITISH EVACUATION.
Weihaiwci's Thanks for 32 Years Of Prosperity.
GIFT TO THE KING,
(Received 10.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, September 29. Amid scenes of genuine sorrow and regret, the British Commissioner for Weihaiwei, Mr. R. F. Johnston, C.M.G., bade farewJl to several hundred Chinese headmen prior to handing' over control to the National Government under the recent rendition agreement by which Britain relinquished the administration after 32 years. A Chinese spokesman, on behalf of the 2,000,000 residents of the territory, presented the commissioner with a silk scroll requesting that it be forwarded to the British Monarch as a token of thankfulness for the years of prosperity enjoyed under British protection.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 231, 30 September 1930, Page 7
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