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Mr. Y. S. Ziar, Chinese attorney and formerly chairman of the Chinese Advisory Committee to the Shanghai Municipal Council, is a native of Shao-shing, Chekiang, a place well-known in China for its produ tion of wise men and lawyers. He was born on March 15, 1885, and was the son of late Mr. Ziar Lun-hui, managing director of the Commercial Bank of China and one of the foremost bankers in the country. After receiving his education in the preparatory schools in Shanghai, Mr. Ziar went to England in 1906, entering Cambridge University in 1907, and took his B. A. degree in 1910 and M. A. in 1915. He is a member of the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar in 1914. After two year's practice in England, he returned to China and joined the firm of Messrs. Platt and Company of Shanghai in 1916. He has appeared in many important criminal and civil cases in the Mixed Court and other judicial tribunals in Shanghai. When