The annual general meeting St. Patnek's Society of Shanghai was held on Monday at the Palace Hotel, when there was a good attendance, presided over by Mr.
G. Simms, the president. Prior to the meeting and at the close; Mr. K. Bagden gave selections on the pipes in a manner which earned the hearty applause of those pre: sent, he being subsequently elected official piper to the society and an honorary member of the committee, In proposing the adoption of the report and accounts, the chairman vaid:—In addressing you at our last annual meeting, I led you to expect an increase in the calls on our funds, but 1 am happy to say that after all there have been comparatively few cases of distress during the peri. under review. The most serious case was dealt with by members themselves without calling on the Society's funds, which is very commendable in view of the fact that one of our sources of income is closed until the dawn of happier days.
Out of our total funds, amounting to $5,412, your committee decided to apply for War Loan Bonds to the extent of £500, which I feel sure you. will agree is @ very fitting in ment for the funds of a patriotic society like ours, Our membership has increased from 146 to 169 as a result of the activity shown by our hon. treasurer to whom the best thanks of the Society are due. Twenty-two of our members have gone on active service and it is with deep regret we have to record the deaths of Capt. Loftus Jones and Capt. Palmer, both of whom were killed in action, also of D, Marshall, who was killed in Singapore. Since our last meeting we have to record with re-ret the deaths of six Irishmen who were associated with this Society, some recently and others in years gone by. Their names are: H. Pele Tyndall, Sir Thomas Jackson, and T. O'Driscoll. As you know, Lowrie, T. Moran, J. B. O'Shea, Mr. O'Driscoll was a member of this committee up till the time of his death, and his usefulness will be sadly missed by the Society.
From the report you will see thet our organization has been placed at the disposal of members who wish to subscribe to the Prince of Wales' Fund, and a sum of 85,000 has pasied through our hands. Our Tobacce Fund stands at 83,600 and it is hoped to keep this fund going as long as the war lasts.
Irishmen in the Army and Navy during the past eighteen months have been upholding their country's fighting traditions, and it is incumbent on us Irishmen to realize our obligations in this great national emergency, and to assist our fellow-countrymen at the front, in whatever capacity we can, to the best
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