The retirement is announced by the "Otis Elevator "Company, with reluctance and regret, of Mr.
Lunkley, manager of the China Zone activities of "the company. Mr. Lunkloy's retirement. comes at his own request and solely on account of his seriously impaired eyesight, of the unfortunate details of which his many friends in Shanghai are already Fully informed. Previous total blindness in the right eye has now been climinated about 80 per cent, as the result of a delicate operation performed by Dr. Clifford B, Walker in Los Angeles Fecently, Mr, Lunkley came to China in 1919)
the employ of the American Trading Company and he took over the Otis agency of that firm with such Understanding and energy that Wt was. Possible In 1980 for the company to open its own branch zone. Mr. Lunkley then became the manager in charge, which "position he so. ably filled until the emiction to his eyes.
During his long incumbency of the China Zone managership, Mr. Lunkley succeeded in greatly developing the business, carrying on most ably the work he started when he sold the rst Otis Micro Drive. elevators (automatic levelling) which were me stalled in the then new building of the "North-China Dally News." Dur-Ing the years sine 1930 due largely to Mr, Lunkley's efforts, his technical assistance to architects, engineers and contractors, It has been possible ma-erally to' increase the organization of the Company in China and substantially to widen the scope of successful "activities under his able Teadership,
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