Rising to reply, the Chairman of he Council thanked the President and the Association for the hospitality they had shown him. Going on to comment on the well-known hospitality of all R.A.F. Messes, he asserted that that this was faithfully recaptured in the friendly atmosphere that always reigned in the Dome. He recalled the occasion of his last visit to the Association on the occasion of the King's birthday, when he had met an American Colonel who said: "I have drunk the health of your King so many times that I have completely ruined my own."
Mr. Keswick then touched en the really excellent work that is being done by the members of the S.V.C. who are at present holding B sector. Turning out at great inconvenience to themselves and without the inventive of any remuneration, he voluted out, these men were performing an invaluable service for the community of Shanghai. He concluded by stressing the urgent need for getting as many men as possible to join the S.V.C.
Mr. Godfrey Phillips also made a short, but very neat speech, during he course of which he reproached the President for adding further to his responsibilities in seeing that hi: Chairman kept "continent, sober and frugal". He ended by thanking the Association which, as a national body, had recognized him while he was serving in his present international capacity.
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