He was one of the first people to try and go to the war, Dr. Jordan said, but his services in Shanghai wore (oe valuable, Finally, however, he succeeded and spent some years with the labour gongs, and resigned with the rank of major, He was amide u chiot inspector in the Department in 1926, and superintendent} 1935, During''the trouble of 1932 he helped in the organization of food supplies, Dr, Jordan suid he was not going to} speak' of Mr. Ambrose's characterises, They alt knew ther too wall He had been extremely helpful and willing to give anyone a helping liliand, They were all very sorry that he was leaving, but there was one bright aspect—Mr, Ambrose was not going to leave the country, and Roped they would all see him on many future occasions, Replying to Dr. Jordan and his! colleagues, Mr, Ambrose said it was ideed worth while (o spend two and 'a halt decades in the service to hear blee things said about oneself. The staff that he had worked with had always ce-operated with him fully. Tanguage he characterized as a bug bear of many of them, but he reminded them that the inspectorial staff was compelled to master Chinese, and that was very different from learning the language out of one's own volition. The satisfactory part was he said that 97 per cent. of the star had always "made the grade. He concluded by thanking them all for the presentation they had made him,
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