A, Comparison Between Shanghai and New York: The Local Port An_ enthusiastic gathering of more than 200 representative American business and professional men attended a dinner given on Monday in.honour of Captain Robert Dollar by the American Uhamber of Commerce and the American Association. Dr. WwW. Findley, President of the Asso ion, presided and was supported by the directors of the two organizations. Among the guests of honour were Mr. John Prentice, Mr. Roy Anderson and Admiral W, W. Phelps, who is leaving for America shortly.
In hig introductory remarks Dr. Findley paid a tribute to Adinirel Phelps' work on. the Yangtze and voterred to Mr. Prentice as the "Grand old man of Shanghai," likening him to Mr, Dollar in that both were shipbuilders and both were born in a corner of Scotland.
Mr. Stirling Fessenden in in-traducing Captain Dollar, declared that the Settlement stood wide open to him at ar time and offered him the freedom. of—the port, paying a tribute to the part Captain Dollar played in the rapid growth of Shanghai,
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