"Never was so much owed by $6 many to ¢0 row, What_a challenge this should mean to you, to You, Tr'meane-shelving' might and mat driving, might and_ main ing every type of plane, and aller the retrain, To'so much by se many not to fey, ea Few, So much by" 0 many not Sew anew L. Wilson, Shangh: Apr. 6. IHESE words are the theme song of the Noble Order of British Spitfires, otherwise the Nobs, an organization which has been formed in Shanghai with the object of altering the refrain in the manner suggested above.
Although the organization has been formed for the purpose of raising funds for British Spitfires, this does not mean that only Britons are permitted to become members. The organizers wel~ come the active support of any local resident who is an adherent of the Democracies.
These days the thoughts of supporters of the Democracies, naturally centre round "What can I do to help towards Victory?" The: NOBS Is the answer. Yes, become a member of the Noble Order of British Spitdres, On the other suggest that already Quite a lot towards the War funds, 'That might be true, but the Nobs something "different, something which is going to go' over big in Shanghai, in fact, itis confidently expected that at east 10,000 mem-. bers will be enrolled here, That might appear to be looking on th Bright "side of things, Not in the Toast. and here is the reason why.
The Nobs is something different to anything yot tried here in Shanghai as a medium for raising funds for the War efforts of Britain, The Arst step naturally is to become a life member, This costs you Chsl0 and for this you receive an emblem of membership, and a membership book, The emblem for men being cuff links, and for ladies a brooch, on which are the alr colours of Britain, The first privilege is to gain promotion from being a Nob to the rank of a Spitfire, To do this one Is required to obtain 25 recruits, each of whom will be a part. of] Your Spitire, Now having raised a Spiltre, you can proceed to have quite alor of fun, There are 101 ways in which one can raise fines, and each Spitfire can draw up its own rules if it should desire to do 50, 50 long as the members in that group carry them out, with the {intention of altering that refrain above, Now one might not want to re main a Spitiire, one might want to have a Spilfire of his own, and recruit 25 members, or one' might} feel that one should gain promotion a higher rank, and here the organization assists, 'The recruiting of 75 recruits will' mean promotion to Hurricane Rank, 100 a Deftant, and 500 a Tornado, and it these ranks do not satisfy then one can become a Flying Fortress, and this will mean recruiting 1,000' members, Although the scheme has been in existence less than one week, the demand for membership is growing, growing so fast that organizers have had to call for help, and the result has been the election of a cumber of group leaders, and if one wants fo become a Spitfire, just drop a Tine to one of the group leaders:—
'A. D, Fraser, Asiatic Petroleum Ca.
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