'A dinner was given at the Cathay Hotel on Monday night, by the Shanghai Municipal Council in honour of Mr. Stirling Fessenden, the retiring Secretary-General, and Major J. T. Ford, OBE, the retiring Treasurer and Controller.
Among those present were: Messrs. H. E. Arnhold, F. N. Matthews, W. J. Keswick, Major J. T. Ford, OBE, Messrs. J. W. Carney, W. Gockson, G. A. Haley, E. Y. B. Kiang, R. G. MacDonald, O. Okamoto, T. S. Powell, L. T. Yuan, Vu Ya Ching. G. Godfrey Phillips, Major K. M. Bourne, M.C., Col. J. W. Hornby, M.C., Captain H. G. Reed, Dr. J. H. Jordan, Messrs. A. F. Gimson, R. T. Bryan, Jr., L. C Healey, C. Kliene, T. W. Gubb, T. K. Ho, H. Ibusuki, J. W. Morcher, E. P. Oliver and R. Middleton, In the absence of Mr. C. S. Franklin, Chairman of Council, who was away from Shanghai, Mr. W. Keswick, Vice-Chairman of Council, presided at the dinner and spoke to the toast of the retiring Secretary-Genera} and the Treasurer and Controller.
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