ALLEN, W. N. C. (SHANGHAI), Merchant; b. 1860; m. 1886, Ada, d. of late G. R. Thompson, Director, Rylands and Sons Ltd., Manchester. Educ.: Privately. With John Peel and Co., Manchester, Egyptian and East Indian merchants and ship-pers, 1874-1886; with John Shaw and Sons Ltd., Brookroyd Mills, Halifax, manufacturers and shippers. 1886-1900; in 1900 joined Messrs. Sale and Co.. Ltd., Yokohama, and two years later opened for them in Shanghai. Clubs: Shanghai: Shanghai Race. Address: 4 Yuen Ming Yuen Road, Shanghai, China.