Having completed 12% years) service with the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, Ltd, Mr, Thomson, on the occasion of' his retirement on Saturday, was given a rousing send-off by the Chinese and foreign staff of the works, With the special permission of the authorities, tthe 1,500 odd on the staff of the com pany" lined Yangtszepoo Road at 6 bin. and, with the firing of hundreds firecrackers, bid him farewell Following this farewell, a dinner party was given at the Great Eastern Hotel by the heads of the Chinese staff and the contractors. for the works. During the evening, Mr... Ht. Sv9, presented him with' a sliver shield a8 a mark of the respect in which Mr. Thomson is held by his staff. Mr. Thomson replied suitably.
That day, a second shield was pre sented, also from members of the Chinese star,
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