Mr. N. Aall, former Senior-Consul, Consul-General for Norway, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the local International Relief Association, was the guest of honour yesterday at the reception given by the members of the Standing Committee of the Association, at the Chi-Montigny. nese YMCA, 123 Boulevard de
"The affair was opened shortly after 5 pin. by Dr, Alfred Sao Ko Sze, former Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.A., and honorary chairman of the International Relief Committee, who presided at the ceremony. In his opening speech he referred to Mr. Aall's long and brilliant period of service in China, where, during his eighteen years of work, he did much towards the betterment of the lot of the less fortunate. As an example of his great concern for the welfare of others, he mentioned the important part he has played in the emergency organization of relief, last August, for the refugees who suddenly thronged Shanghai at the outset of the local hostilities, Next, Dr, Y. C. Yang, President of Soochow University end Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the International Relief Association, delivered a Jengühy and eloquent tribute to Mr. Aall's leadership of the Association's Standing Committee.
Brig. B. Morris local Salvation Army Senior Officer and Chairman of the Relief Committee of the International Relief Association, thanked ihe guest of honour for his good work, on behalf of the poor, suffering and destitute children, who all benefitted from his able leadership of the Association. In wishing him Bon, Voyage he reminded that:—
"Lives.of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime And departing leave behind us Footprints on the Sand of Time."
The Rev. Father Jacquinot then spoke of Mr. Aall's meritorious work for the relief of war prisoners in 1932,
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