The Archive · 1935

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OTHERWISE — Shanghai's Chit Checkers Officially Off Duty Mr. HM. Mann presided on

Friday night at the annual innet of the Society of Chartered Accountants in' China, held in the Shanghai Club, and, with the accustomed necuruey of his profession, announced at the end of a very witty speech, proposing the tost of "Our Parent Sccleties," that he had spoken for 12 minutes He did endeavour to countant' reputation for accuracy by appending a saving clause, but entirely forgot to add the famous old expression "E, & OF. probably no chartered accountant Should tse ior ame, nope asf Soe" cams Sach coe, mare Ske aT cla Anao ne pomer wee Wore € Bites

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