Mr, Porter also, resented the suggestion that he had been born vex. and was hardly mollie fled, #0 he declared, when that insult from' the. Vice-President of St. George's, Mr. Reader Harris, waa brushed aside with the explanation from another, Committee man that the display of the Essex shield was due to the fact that, when heathen were entertained, the County of the President-Host was symbolized.
Mr, Martin hed defended the national spirit of the British Societies in Shanghai by explaining that the emulation which it induced swelled tthe coffers of the charities they were mainly organised to dispense, On that point My the force. fol opinion that Shanghai was faced with a period of acute distress, The Societies therefore should leave no Scheme for relief unexamined, assured his hosts that St, Andrew's Society was convinced of the need for great efforts in. assisting une fortunate fellow-countrymen during
ce-operate in any special plans the coming. year and would heartily vised to mitigate hardship and help men and women down on their luck to tide over the dismal days of unemployment,
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