Leading Physician and Notable Athlete Leaving Shanghai One of the best-known of the medical practitioners in Shanghai Dr. F, M, Neild—sails to-day on retirement from China. Dr. Neild feame to Shanghai in March, 1910, joining the firm which is now Di Jackson & Partners, and with whom he has practised over since. Besides kis ordinary practice, he has held several official appointments, having been on the S.M.C. Health Com: mittee and the Hospital Board of Governors since 1925, and Britis Admiralty surgeon and agent, and surgeon to the Chinese, Maritime Customs since the during the war he acted as' one of the local medical examiners for the passing of men going Home to join Army, He served as a trooper the Light Horse, S.V.C., from 1910 to 1914, then transferring to the medical unit, in which he was eventually given a captaincy. He!
elected president of the Shanghai Medical Society, 1923-24, after serving the year before as vice-president, Dr, Neild, of course, had a very extensive practice, both public and private, but it is, probable that the majority of the older residents of Shanghai have a still more intimal personal acquaintance with hi account of his sporting activities! and few medical men could be! better qualified than he to give his} patients advice in the matter of exercise, offering them also the very best evidence of its benefits, in the shape of his vigorous self. In a way it was unfortunate that the exigencies of -his profession prevented him coming quite as prominently into notice in the sporting world as he certainly would have done had he had more time to devote to sports. As it was, he played Interport Rugby for Shanghai and was ranked as a very clever player. best game was cricket, but he was unable to give sufficient time to it, except at Home when on holiday and there he played with high-class amateur clubs.
invited to play for Shanj hai against Hongkong, but compelled to decline.
Golf, hockey, and paper-hunting. also claimed him as a devotee and at all of them he was above ths average locally. In later years, he has had to confine his sporting activities almost entirely to golf and at the present time he is feaptain of the Hungjao Golf Club, whilst he hms never failed to secure a place on the English team in any of the matches against Scotland. St, George's Society, too, has been' able to claim him as a valued memer of its Committee.
Though retiring from China, Dr. Neild is not giving up work, but. intends to practise at Home." The best wishes of a very large ire! of friends in Shanghai and other
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