Irishmen Respond Well To the of the form-Cunxa Dany News"
Sin—With reference to a paragraph in your issue of today headed "Shans hai Irish will honour St Patric and to the statements made therein {that_ members will subscribe to the [Charity funds of the Society instead fof spending money for entertainment Jand' that it has' been "decided to Introduce an annual scholarship Shanghai for the benefit of children fof Irish parentage, Tam slad to be fable to slate that, although to date only avery few members have responded to the appeal, our generat charity and scholarship funds have already benefited to the extent of $2500.
That the Seventeenth will pass by without contributions from the bull. of our members is a contingency of which my Committee have little fear.
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