A large number of friends of Mr. George Leys, who resigned from the Settlement Police on August 31 after nine years service mainly in the detective branch of the force, were present at the Gordon Road Station yesterday noon when a handsome travelling case was handed to Mr, Leys on behalf of the gathering. Insp, C. White, the officer in-charge of the Gordon Road station, made the presentation in a"Speech in which he referred to the former Shanghai detective's enviable record in the force and wished him every happiness in his future life, "Mr, Leys, who responded thanking those present for their gift and friendship, is due to sail in the s, Sandviken fcr Tientsin/on Tuesday. In Tientsin he will asfüme the post of divisional inspector/of the British Municipal Council Police, the force i which maintains law and order in the British Concession, Although recently attached to the Gordon Road Station Mr. Leys served in the Eastern district during the troublesome months of war last autumn, In going to North China he leaves a large number of friends in Shanghai, in the S.M.P, and in other ranks of life, He has been active here in Masonic circles and a few days ago a presentation was made to him by the members of Saltoun Lodge, Nationalist planes and artillery cooperated to check the Republican moves, causing heavy losses, especially in the case of infantry attacks when the Nationalists would be protected by heavy tanks, the Nationalist communique said, The Republican prisoners captured were mostly armed with Czech or Mexican rifles and machine-guns, the Nationalists said, e Harvesting, which was not yet done, at present full swing, the peasants having been forced to wait unti the front line warfare in the Obispo and Tagus areas was removed to other regions, the Nationalists asserted,—United Press,
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