Chinese Pay Tribute To Mr. G. Godfrey Phillips And Major F. W. Gerrard, Police Commissioner APPRECIATION and respect for the services rendered by Mr. G.
G. Godfrey Phillips, Secretary of the Council, were voiced by the Chinese councillors at a dinner given in his honour at the Bankers' Club, 59 Hongkong Road, on Sunday evening. The hosts also paid tribute to the retiring Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. W.
Gerrard.
Besides the hosts, Messrs. Vu Ya-ching, Singloh Hsu, William Gockson, Eugene Y. B. Kiang, and Yulin Hsi, and the guest of honour, Mr. Phillips, others invited to the dinner were: Major J. W. Gerrard, Colonel J. W. Hornby, Dr. J. H. Jordan, Mr. T. W. Gubb, Mr. T. K. Ho, Mr. C. H. Stable-ford and Mr. H. G. Huckstep.
The speech was given by Mr. Vu Ya-ching, and was translated by Mr. Eugene Y. B. Kiang. After expressing the pleasure of being able to entertain the guests and an opportunity was thus afforded to, make a public acknowledgment of the Chinese community's great respect for the services rendered by Mr, Phillips, Mr. Vu said the period during which Mr. Phillips was engaged in active service before he could avail himself of his present well-earned furlough was undoubtedly the most eventful one in the history of the city.
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