Little, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, called" on Mr.
Arnhold, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal" Council, at "the S.MC. Administration Building on Monday, May 18, He was accompanied by Sub-Lieut. M. MP. Franeklin, Flog Lieutenant, and ihey were received by Mr. Arnhold, Mr. Stisting Fes-sender, Secretary General, and Mr, JR. Jones, Secretary.
'A guard of honour drawn from the Russian Regiment, Shanghai Volun-for Corps, was inspected by Admiral Little at the entrance to the ministration "Building, " corner—of Hankow and Kiangse Roads, Present were Col. F. RW. Graham, Commandant of the 8.V.C., and Ma. B. V. Burke-Murphy, Adviser to the Tus: sian Battalion, Mr. Arnhold will return the Admirat's call in the near future, Guests at Recep Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little, together with his staff and the wardroom ollcars of H.M.S, Kent, were guests yesterday morning alan in: format "reception of the Mercantile Marine Oflcers' Club, 59 Peking Road. This meeting between the Royal and) Merchant Navies was considered a happy. one as it sym~ bolised a revival of the close rela tionship which existed between the two services during the Groat Members of the club present in-eluded Captain H. Allison, president of the club, Mr. 'S. S. Kemp, treasurer, and an old China Coast officer, Mr. H.'B. Clough, secretary, and representatives of the sca-going community of Shanghai, St. George's Society as Hosts Appreciation of the work done by the Royal Navy for Shanghai was mentioned by Mr. M. Reader Harris, President of the Royal Society of St. George, Shanghai Branch, at the monthly committee luncheon held at the Shanghai Club on Thursday when Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Little, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, was the guest of honour. The room was decorated appropriate-with the Surrey and Sussex shields, the counties from which the President and Sir Charles respeetively come.
Mr. Reader Harris, proposing the health of Sir Charles, said it was a great pleasure for the committee to have Sir Charles with them. Sir Charles no doubt felt that he was cating his way into China, but Mr. Reader Harris assured him that he was very cordially welcomed. Mr. Reader Harris said he would like to fake the opportunity of thanking Sir Charles and through him the Navy for all they had done for Shanghai in the past, Sir Charles Little expressed hie appreciation of the honour which had been pald to him and referred particularly to the Navy's appreciation of all the facilities which the Society had always placed at their Aisposel. It meant, he said, that they were always pleased to visit Shang-hal,
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