Guest Leaving a Gap Which it]
Will be Very Hard to Fill:
Sportsmen's Tributes My, G. HI. Stitt, manager of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, was a guest at a dinner accorded him at the Shanghai Club by a few hunting friends on Saturday evening.
There were about 50 persons present including Mr. Sidney Barton, M. G, H. M, Consul-General, and Fudge Peter Grain. Dr. C. "Noel Davis, Master of the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club, supported by Mr.
Potter, the ex-Master, acted as toastmaster. The room was beautifully decorated with the red and white colours of Way Foong as 'a token of the high regard those present had of the guest of the evening and the firm which he has 30 ably managed.
Atter dealing with the merit Mr Stitt had acquired as president of St, Patrick's Society, Dr. Davis said; that, in the social life of Shanghai, there were no more delightful and accomplished host and hostess than hho and his wife. He thought that Mrs, Stitt has an Trish element lurking in her somewhere, for she undoubtedly has all the charm of that enchanting race. They would eave a gap which would be very hard to fill, He 8
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