Ju addition to a number of pleasant memories, Alr-Commodore Sydney Smith and his officers will take away wirls them two mementoes in the shape of a silver plaque and a marble sphere which were presented tp them at an Informal reception on Thursday evening, when they were the gnosis of Gen, Wu To-chen, Mayor of Greater Stanghal, at his home. The sliver plaque, which is mounted in an ornate blackwood frame, was present= the Air-Commodore as a per Sonal gift from Gen. Wu. Measuring about six Inches by four, the plaque bears, In low relief, the figure of a Singapore 111 flying-boat, which is the machine used on the present fight, find underneath it the City Govern: ment building at Kiangwan. Below this is 0 sullable subscription. The plaque is an. excellent example of The painstaking care of the Chinese silver craftsman, for both, building and. fying-boat are complete almost to the very last detail.
The other memento is a marble sphere, about six Inches in diameter, Mhieh, mounted on a wooden pedestal and bearing In Chinese characters brief description of the reason and the occasion of the presentation given to the flyers by Gen. Yao Shl-{seu on behalf of the China Aviation League as symbol of that body's interest da, and) wel-wishes for, the success of the Goodwill cruise.
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