Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Bryson, Mr. A. E. Fenton, and Mr. and Mrs. P. D. G. Gain were entertained at a luncheon given by the Anzac Society by courtesy of the Royal Air Force Association at The Dome yesterday. After the loyal toast, the president of the society, Mr. V. G. Bowden, proposed the toast of "Our Guests." He regretted that a combination of the postponement of the luncheon and the sudden advent of summer had Kept some friends away, and then briefly introduced the guests.
He referred to the distinguished military career of Dr. Bryson, the president of the St. Andrew's Society, and to his prominence in Shanghai, especially in the medical sphere. Mr. Bowden, in speaking of Mr. Fenton, said that this year was the third occasion on which he had been president of the St. Patrick's Society, an honour which fell to few men. The president went on to thank Mr. Gain for the kindness he and his fellow South Africans had paid him and Mrs, Bowden in inviting them to the South African Association dinner recently.
Mr. Bowden stressed the necessity for ce-operation between societies kindred to the Anzac Society, and between the various countries forming the British Empire.
Three embroidered banners presented by General Fu Tso-Yi, Chairman of Suiyuan Province, General Tang Wen-Pei, Commander of the Central Troops and other military leaders in appreciation of the services rendered by the Y.M.C.A. among soldiers on the north-west front, together with descriptive pictures, are being displayed in the New Building of the Chinese Y.M.C.A., 123 Boulevard de Montigny.
Plans for this work were first mapped out by a committee, appointed by the National Committee Y.M.C.A. at the General Secretaries' Conference held in Tienmushan last sum mer, consisting of Mr. S. C. Leung, General Secretary of the National Committee, Mr. K. Z. Loh, General Secretary of the Shanghai Y.M.C.A., Mr. Peter Shih, General Secretary of the Nanking Y.M.C.A, Mr. D. K. Dung, General Secretary of the Hangchow Association and several others.
Later in the Autumn when hostilities in Suiyuan occurred, a group of secretaries under the executive leadership of Mr. F. Y. Hsiao, General Secretary of the Peiping Y.M.C.A, went to the front and rendered educational, recreational, physical, nursing and comforting service among the soldiers with headquarters in Kwei-Sui and Ta-Tong. At present the work is almost finished but a skeleton staff is still remaining there to keep things going.
In reply, Dr. Bryson made brief reference to the unfailing hospitality of the Australians, and their power of endurance. He mentioned examples of both these traits which
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