At the Astor House, in the evening, a dioner was given in Mr, Yu's honour and there were present, among others, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Groenman, Mr. F, W. Maze, Commissioner of Customs; Mr. J. Meyrier, acting French ' Consul-General; Capt. E, 1, M, Barrett, Commissioner of Pol'ce; Mr. A, Commjis, Assistant Commi general secretary of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce; Mr. H. Y. Moh, managing director of the Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange; Mr. L. 7. Yuan, general manager of the Ning Shao S. N. Ca.; Mr. Hugo Reiss, Capt, Bruyere, acting Commissioner of French ' Police Major Hilton-Johnson, Commission. er-General, Shanghai Municipal Council; Mr. N.A. Aall, Norwegian Consul-General; Mr, 8. Fessenden, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council; Mr. M. Spelman, Mr. Feng Shao-shan, -dieetor of the Cantonese Guild; Dr. J.C. Ferguson, Mr. Chang Nich-yun and Mr, H, U, Zau, compradore of the P, & 0, Banking Corporation, Speeches extolling Mr. Yu's virtues were delivered, Mr. Van Leeuwen said that Mr, Vu, who was the possessor of three outstanding qualities (he was a man who kept head cool under very trying conditions; he was always cheerful and optimistic; and he was always generous), would have been one of the wealthiest men in China had not been for his generosity, His activities covered a very lange field, too numerous to mention. He was' always hard working and always prepared to give sound and well-founded advice, Mr, Groenman gave a brief history of the Netherlands Trading Society and of Mr, Vu Ya-ching's connection therewith. Thanks to his personality and his high ability, the bank had won for itself a place of which it could well be proud. Ho had rendered many important duties in the past and all hoped that he would live to render many more.
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