There was one incident in the Dean's career which long will be remembered, particularly by those Shanghai mien who served in the Great War. One year it was thought to add to the impressiveness, of the Armistice Day Service in Holy Trinity Cathedral by having the list of Shanghai's honoured dead read aloud. The suggestion was made to the Dean, he accepted it, and, of course, it would be his office to call the roll. When all had been arranged, the full significance of what they had asked dawned upon some of those more closely acquainted with his kindly and noble nature. They knew that, from sheer patriotism, he would rejoice in the office, yet with sorrow they realized that the great pride he felt in having given two fine specimens of British manhood to joe of his country, searcely ied his grief when he heard both had fallen, It was too late to withdraw and go the incident became the more impressive, and every man who ever had worn Khaki or blue, must have felt a thrill when, without a quaver, and voice lore powerful than ordinarily was his, the Dean rend the names of his tivo song together with the rest in the long list, It must have been for some similar reason that he seemed to regard it as his particular and special duty, whenever there was not a claim for some other religion, to conduct the last rites over any Service man.
Dean Symons was Senior Chaplain for the Shanghai Volunteer Corps The late Dean is survived by Mr Symons and by two daughters, Miss Phyllis Symons and Mrs, H. H. Bristow, the latter of whom is expected to arrive in Shanghai shortly. Additional sympathy i felt for Mrs, and Miss Symons through the fact that they, too, have been ill for some days' with influenza, 'A tance quantity of opium seized by the Customs and the Shanghai Municipal Police during the last quarter of 1927 was burned the Pootung furnaces on Tuesday in the presence of a number of Chinese and foreign officials.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.