Major-Gen, Simmons, he thought, did not exactly appreciate the dificult ties he was up against in Shanghai. He was a very fine soldier but he little knew that the attributes of a Wellington were the last things that were needed in this city of theirs. "To be a real success as G.O.C. here," Sir Victor continued, "you have to be not only a soldier but a tamer of wild animals. a contortionist and probably something of a Mara Hari as well"
They had all been present, however, last week when the General's past had been laid bare before their eyes and they all realized the difficulties he was up against. He had not always been a soldier, however, and the fact that about a quarter of a century ago he was a civilian might help him to follow in the footsteps of his brother-in-law (Major-General A. P. D.. Telfer-Smollet). To do this he would have to go at a pretty strong gallop.
Replying to Sir Victor Sassoon, Major-General Simmons thanked the members as "Gentlemen of the Air" for their welcome and he added that he had been really quite cheerful until he had heard their Chairman. Some of them, however, who had been in Shanghai not more than thirty years—he had met very many indeed "would appreciate this difficulties in coming to this extraordinary city of theirs, "He appreciated the dimculties that he would have to face and the fact, as their Chairman had told them. that he had not been a soldier all his life, Most people however. were civilians for quite a long time before they became soldiers.
Mr. P. S. Page, Chief Health Inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Council, has kindly consented to broadcast for the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association on Saturday, June 3, 1939, 7 to 7.30 pin., on Tuberculosis Control—a__ Broadcast to the "Ordinary Shanghailander" from XMHD (through the courtesy ùf the Shanghai Christian Broadcasting Association) operating on a frequency of 760° kilocycles, wave length 395.6 metres.
Immepratety after Mattins in the Cathedral on Sunday morning, members of the congregation will be asked to gather on the Cathedral lawn, when a presentation will be made to Deputy Commissioner and Mrs. S. C. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Young have been members of the Cathedral congregation for 35 years, and have both taken a very active part. in all departments of church work. Mr. Young has been one of the Cathedral Wardens for over 20 years, The presentation will be made on behalf of the congregation by Mr. P. W. Massey.
Tue annual picnic under the auspices of Union Church Children's Morning Service and Western District Sunday School will be held today. If the weather is fine, the picnic will be held in the garden at 402 Avenue Haig (corner of Tifeng Road), kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. Ellis Hayim. Transport will be provided from Union Church at 2 p.m. Friends' in the Western District should meet at the German Church at 2.45 p.m. In the event of rain, the children will meet in Union Church Hall and transport will be provided from the German Church at 2.45 p.m.
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