Capt. J. G. Dyson Speaks at Large Gathering The splendid services of the Shanghai Fire Brigade Volunteers during the recent crisis in Shanghai were emphasized by Capt. J. Gordon Dyson, Chigt Officer of the Brigade, yesterday evening in a speech given At a reunion of the now demobilized members. It was the first general gathering of the Volunteers rince their demobilization and it was a well-attended and thoroughly happy function held in the Fire Brigade Club.
Capt; Dyson pointed to the ready and unsparing services rendered by the Volunteers, day and night, during the trying weeks which followed the opening o? hostilities last August. He pointed out that the Volunteers largely functioned in districts where actual war conditions existed and that they were daily exposed to danger from all sides. They rose splendidly to the occasion im performing duty as firemen and ambulance drivers and attendants.
The reunion was attended by a large and representative number of Fire Brigade officers from Headquarters and Stations. Refresh-a ments and cold snacks were served.
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