Colleagues Entertain Him at Shanghai Club the Shanghai Club on Friday might A pleasant function took place at
When a farewell dinner wae give to Mr. Robert Halle, by his colleagues of the Yee Tsong tobacco Distibutors Lia, and Associated companies"
Balioy has' been transferred tothe Head' Oftce in London, and is leat= ing' Shanghai on December "24,"an the sx Naldere. Some "82 members ft the stall were present. "During the inner Brig General Macnaghten Estey, bs In a speech. eulogiaing his siering'choracter, expressed lchelt of the staff throughout China their deep regret. at his Impending Aleparture" and said" that they. were losing " valued chief and. trend. He then ead onl telegrams from ditterent paris of Ching congratulat: Ing' Me. Balley'on his promotion 10 the head ce sri London and wish= Ing him continuous success in his sphere of activities, "Bailey replied "thanking tne chairman and members of the. sta for the loyalty "and. support that they had at al times accorded. Mim.
mentioned that it was with deep Feeret that he. would no longe® "be working with them inching. He Would, however, Took' forward to Feeling his "Ching colleagues London when on. leave, "and they ould Tost assured that" whilst "he Would not be in'China in' body, he Would be with them in spit, "and would continue to follow closely {helt tivities in the Far Bast Presentations Made During the evening Mr, cousin us very witty and "happy Speech, then presented Int, Bailey 08 Bebell" of his collogues "in China lid" Hongkong. witha handsome Walnut. cocktail and cutlery cabine, Tully"stocked. and" hoped' that: when He took a peg of "cheer" that Souventr would "remind him many friends in Chingy and pore Cully" of those Inthe "companies with wien he had had. such close sociation, To remind: him and lis food Indy, Mr Bailey that they lok fet forward. to" their coming out' 10 {China sometimes to. see" them they would each find swatting' them London, a fitted dressing case, labelled to Shanghai, China, which would ask them to accept with their best wishes for a Jong and happy fe in their home country.
"Mr, Bailey replied thanking Mr, Cousins and' members of the" staff throughout China, for the very handsome presents, which ho said that Mrs, Bailey' and he would treasure as a happy remembrance of their stay in the Far East, Other speeches were made eulogize ing his fine character "and. the "as sistance that he hada tall time given to golf, racing and. billiards, te, during his stay in Chin A cocktail party was given tas evening at the Cercle Sportif to Robert Bailey, by the Shanghai Bil ards Association, of which he was many years president,
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