Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsieh Yung-shen

Mr. Y. S. Ziar

謝水森字植甫

(Hsieh Yung-shen)

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 the Chinese Ratepayers' Association was organized to further the activities of the Chinese in municipal affairs, Mr. Ziar was elected one of the directors of the association and when later the creation of an advisory committee was authorised by the Shanghai ratepayers he became one of the members of the first committee, which elected him as its chairman. In 1923, he resigned from the committee to take an extensive trip in Europe and America where he made investigations of the judicial systems of the various countries. He returned in 1924 and since has continued his practice with Messrs. Platt and Company. Mr. Ziar has been appointed legal advisor to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs the General Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai annd the Military Governor of Chekiang.