Shanghai, Aug. 30.
Capt, H. G~Reed, Deputy "Chief Officer of the Shanghai Fire Brigade, Jat present acting as Chief Officer during Captain J. Gordon Dyson's eave of absence, has been appointed to the post of Chief OMicer from September 18, in. succession to Capt. Dyson, whose resignation as Chief (OMcer owing to ill-health has been accepted as from September 14, it was announced last night.
Capt, Reed has been Deputy Chief Omcer for about twelve years, having come to Shanghai fo assume that post towards the end of 1926. Previously, he spent six years Capt. TH. G. Ree Amoy og Secretary and Captain-Superintendent of Police for_ the Kulangsu_ Municipal Council. Since coming to Shanghai he has three times been Acting Chief Officer of the local Brigade, when Capt. Dyson was absent. He becomes the third head of the S.F.B. as a professional department, the first Chief having been Mr. Montague W. Pett, now living in retirement in England, Well-known Sportsman The new Chief Officer saw service in the British Army throughout the Great War and retains the rank of captain in the Regular Army serve of Officers (Hampshire Regiment). He has been active in sports since early youth, at Home and in China, and has been vice-president of the Shanghai Football Association for" some ten years past. Until three years ago he played hockey here, and is now active as a referee fat hocky matches. He is also well-known in soccer circles and on the cricket field. Recently Capt, Reed has further tried his hand at radio-announcing of, games and has carried Off this feat too with success.
One of Capt. Reed's leading hobbies off the sports eld is geography, in which he has been interested "for many years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society,
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