Concluded Shanghai has been through sad and sorrowful times during the past year and the effort to keep cheerful and face each catastrophe with equanimity required more than the usual optimism and courage. "Life must go on as usual" has been the motto znd what with the falling dollar and the rising temperature, it has not been so easy of late.
But these efforts have not been in vein and during the last two weeks Shanghai has done much to regain its old reputation for hospitality. The arrival of Britain's latest cruiser H.M.S. Birmingham has stirred hosts and, hostesses to action again and many parties have been given in her honour, "Welcome the Birmingham" has been the slogan of the week and she has been well and truly welcomed.
Last Wednesday, Captain EJ.P. Brind and his officers were guests of the Zero Club at the weekly reunion when this well-known ex-servicemen's association extended its welcome to the new cruiser and, in. cidentally, added another ship's badge to its unusual collection.
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