casion of his retirement token esteem and" foodwilt. February" 3, After reading w letter, signed by colleagues of Mr. Ambrose, which ex-Dressed appreciation of the work Mr. Ambrose had done, regret that was leaving them, and the hope that the gift would remind him of many pleasant "associations, 'Dr. Jordan briefly outlined Mr. Amnbrose's career, Mr. Ambrose had been with. the Public Health Department, he said, for about 25 years, and had been in China' very. much' longer. He' frst fame. out. somewhere in. 1900, when was associated. with rallva work] Ju North China, He obtained a very general knowledge of how to manage Chinese tabour, and avery superior knowledge of "she Chinese' language both written and spoken. After "hat went to. South Africa ard for time worked or the Rand Mines. and there gain assisted with Chinese tabour. A knowledge which was. prove so very useful when he decided join the Department.
believe he spent a short tue as King of an island some' where," the speaker said amid laughter, "atier up and eventually joined
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