Hankow, Apr. 4.
'A most cheerful atmosphere of it formational goodwill and friendship permeated the dinner given on Wednesday by Governor and Mme Huang Shao-hsiung at the Hankow Wee Golf Restaurant for the members. of the Cosmopolitan Club and the Hankow Rotary Club and their wives and guests. 1 was one of the largest and mast successful social events Hankow had this year and. altogether ther were more than 170 people present, Many nationalities were represented and some of the guests could not speak the language of the persons Seated next to them. At one small table, for instance, where sixteen guests were seated, nine countries were represented—America, Chill, China, "England, France, Germany, Russia, Scotland and Sweden, And every one enjoyed the entertainment with a fine spirit of friendliness and international understanding, thus fully displaying the high principles of the two. international. organizations.
The Governor expressed his regret and the regret all Hankow would feel over the departure of Mr..J. Fisher, who has been transferred to the Head Ofice of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai, and he then proposed a toast 10. Mr. and Mrs, Fisher.
'Mr, Fisher, who is also the President' fof the Cosmopolitan Club, suitably replied.
the absence of Mr. T. 'T. Quo (Director of the SAD. No, 3), president of the Rotary Club, Dr.'S. Appleton, vice-president, ' expressed the appreciation of the Rotarians, and Ju his usual entertaining fashion told an amusing and appropriate story.
At this juncture, Mr. E. A, Turner, who Is travelling around the world, brought @ word of greeting from the Rotary Club of Valparaiso, Chili, which he Is a charter member, This was followed by a few remarks by Mayor K. C, Wu, who In answering to the clamour of the high-spirited party stood up and said: "You have ked for a speech, so 1 shall, give' tone, but TINT give it in Chinese."
The last speaker was Mr. Ht. B. Berntsen, who stated that the Governor was entitled to hear how much haig guests had enjoyed the dinner.
Governor Huang has happily accepted the invitation to become a member of the Cosmopolitan Club at {he resent dinner given in his honour at the Hankow Race Club. On that earnestly Is of the Club, a admitted. that he sensed friendliness and harmony within the Broup which surely indicated an ap-Preclation of harmony for larger Eroups or international goodwill.
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