A very plesisant dinner was given on thursday night at the Shanglini Club by the victori me Company to their fireing colleagues, and the officials com nected with the Fire Brigade of Shanghai, Dr. J. F. Chevtham, the foreman of the Victoria Company was in the chair, mith Mr. A. G, Wood, Chairman of the Municipal Council, on hie right and Bir. J. J. Keswick, the local principal of the A kong Fire Insurance Company, on his lett. The company present numbered altogether be ixty and a rs of the as hosts, the of of ge Fire oticially connected with the orgauisstion, including the Chie Police from both sides of the Yang-king pang. 'The dinner was excellent, and the happy' remark of M, eillol that the ofliovrs of the French Steam Kugine Company, the " Korrent," would never forget ts of champagne that the Vie-tonns had poured upon them, did no more than simple justice to the profusion of the sparkling liquid that cheers nearly all to, beg: poring the health of the Que Rulers of our respective count the Company responded by singing vf the English national anthem, which all nationalities—and there we many of them in the room—joined with heartiness. The next toast was the guests, proposed by Mr. Cheetham, and acknowledged by Mr. Little. The hospitality of the Victorins was well shown when the guesta stood up, for there were at lest five of them to every host, After replying to the.toast, Mr. Little gave the health of the hosts, tue Victoriv Steam
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