Purchase of a New Site for the Union Jack Club: Features of the New Building The annual meeting of the Navy League (Shanghai branch) was held at the Shanghai Club'on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Mr. Sidney Barton, oM.c., H.M. Consul-General, In proposing the adoption of the report and - accounts, Mr. Barton said there were two points in the report which perhaps differentiated it from reports of recent years. One was the decision to create a guarantee fund for the purpose of having a sum of money in hand which would always enable the League's activities to be carried on, regardless of any unforeseen circumstances that might arise. They hoped to enhance that fund through the giving of lectures and other entertainments which would bring in a certain revenue.
The other important point was under the heading of the Union Jack Club. The intention of the League to establish a Club for bluejackets was not new. They had now reached that stage when the Club was in eight. As a result of the disposal of the old recreation ground, they were enabled to acquire a site in Myburgh Road quite close to the Public Recreation Ground, a site essential for tha success of any Club of that nature. With the generous support of the Race Club it had been found possible to go ahead with the new building and to provide for its upkeep in the future. At last there would be a_ visible example of the activities of the League, in the form of a Olub practically in the centre of the Settlement. It was to be hoped that it might induce people to join the league.
"Tf there is one part of the world where the meaning of naval protection to British subjects and commerce is clear, it is in China," the chairman went on. "There is no other British naval station in the world where the protection of British subjects and commerce is more often translated into actual deeds
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