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TIENTSIN MEMORLFS-
The''l:nternatiental Settlegnent
--of Tientsin it the, early 30s`
• ha.d»a dis!tiine 'polyglot flavor,
'Consider ti anteus, lawsurit of
January. 13; ` E. C.. Spiridus
t•esnsus, the tri issh Municipal
Council.? , Here Ssit Italian; sub
J coot, born a) butt really a
• Greek comas k't British' Cqurt
with • an Iers it;. Ia ; er • and
a Rites-�i:at;e>� r-etertw t�-.
ting, he- rnac e"" '&etch w usky
out of Japanese -alootiol In a
French distillery ander the
name of "Au Chateau de la
sPaix.."
On•e of the most successful-
Inteine»ss men there was the
Ps14bot of the Societe des L'azar-
etes- who, not b'nly, ran a ply -
„Wood factory, but leased dwell-
ing houses to Europeans. I
rented one, 404 Racecourse
Road (Ma Fung Loo), and when
Wong, my N urmber One boy,
.*ame hot -foot frown the base-
ment one frigid winter's night
.to say of tthe- furnace: "Every -
;ling all go pop , inside," my
rt*counse was to phone the So-
clete and lo, in half an hour
a crit e on hiss
bicycle., his . putain narrowly
. octan on;Ing to downfall by
' catching in the chains_
z•The Admiral
(:�ae dday the word was passed
• that Ads incl Kelly, the C. in C.
!Ch.ina Stratien, .would stay with
lour ,gerateral en route to Pekill
,on leave. It so happened that
4lullaly, the Brigade Major, was
attely and. as a_ result I was
Ideeiuled teLee e the Admiral to
his tte-:n the. f o Haw ice; morn-
.inse _,,Eric e' to packing him up
I was taken aeide and given a
long admonition an deportment.
I't was impree.s•e-d on ma that
the Admiral had a most explo-
., ve tern:aee, consequently I
muyt -steer .him away frown any
circuinetances whatsoever 'which
might trigger it.
Keyed up for the very worst,
I picked him up at the general's
house: -saw-the mound of bag-
gage loaded by the general's
servant and saw the Admiral
into the staff car where I sat
beside him most salici•toesly,
my uniform and sword contrast-
ing with his more sombre civil-
ian Outfit. Conversing anost
amicably, we drove through the
crowded streets of the . French
_c'Onees iQn. ..E.Y.eksthis a... _was_
sweet reasonableness. All of a
sudden the Admiral spied a
French -Book shop. A halt eves
ordered.
His wife had commissioned
him to buy; some paperbacks.
Inside, by .•a mixture of French
and sign language, I sought
to•apprise the proprietor that
though my companion did not
look very impressive in civvies
nevertheless, he was not -only
the C, iris C., but fulminate. Us-
ing the most execrable French.
with an English accent, the, Ad-
miral asked for some "roma
when, horror of horrors, the
proprietor answered in perfect
English.. Now, I thought,here
are all the ingredients for a
megaton blast., Each tim-e •-the
Admiral pulled a book from
the shelf and• asked the trigger-
eoeking question: "Coo rbien cet
livre?" and the shopkeeper• trip-
ped the mechanism: "That is
'two dollars, I, braced anysel.f
tov rush between them and pre-
vent mayhem. ',But it was not
to be:' Time after tithe they,
challenged one another, each in.,
the tengie oof ;, is„in.sistence and
each time the Entente failed
_safe. The tburiidle of paperbacks
finally wrapped and ,paid for
was a'dd'ed to the multitude of
email individual parcels' which
e P
Wide Selection
The climate was humid in
surriuner, could and dry in winter.
N.eventheless, living alongside
the Chinese city of some lise
mil•liati souls had its cornpen-
mations, for while you might
only leave the one square mile
of the British ,concession ex-
cept by rail, food, nay delica-
cies, •were 'cheap, the club was
fabulous, offering every fotin
of sport 'from pato and horse
a,aing to ,swimming, skating
and bridge and there was always
Peking, a. sthort rail journey
:may, say, w h ere palaces and mus-
eums, she ps and hotelss; provid-
cd variety, interest and beauty
of form and color.' There was
One drawback win the farm of a
wide, slow -flowing, steamy, oily,
• green canal which, passing the.
eencesssion, carried all the sesw-
: ge from the city to bhe river at
totr tide' only,.. -so !bat during
the- ges batidn peeiodes a --stench
arose" to beat even the lake
• south of Goderiah, ot•t r which
.Mr. J. C. Fli,ndunarsh waxes so
lyrical on nceasion. Perhaps
this early experience has made
the too tolerant!
littered the floor . of the car.
The Admiral confided that he
collected old clocks; that here
were some and he hoped t�
find more in Peking. On ;this
mite we continued to the Pek-
ing Mukden° railway station
' A Situation!
Arrived, a fresh denouement
reared its head. Deposited
amongst the milling mob, with-
out which .rio Chinese station
rs coniplete, the' Admiral's
Chinese servant failed to ani-
pear. .Even when the chauffeur
had hidden .himself in packages
aid bags and, the Admiral had
picked up sante of his nibre
prerisyus purchase, there were
;still more to be carried through
the crowds to the platform. I
tried to load myself up but the
peremptory command came:
"Put these down. You can't
carry avbag in uniform!" Vain-
ly I relegated myself to acting
as a battering-ram to force a
passage to the platform -gate.
Would the following duos, in
civvies and loaded to the gills,
be allowed 'to. pass? Mercifully
they were and so we went
tghra,agh to find the special
Goat-h',drawn Up
and before- it,
-an--array of-- frotables,-aEuropean-
and Chinese lboxwalsla'hs; the
mayor of Tientsin; sundry gen-
erals of Chang Tso Lin's armies
mixed with French. Italian,.
Japanese and American officers
of army and flaty.
Meticulously the • Adthiral
went • to each; poured honeyed
words into his ears; 4kpressed
every hand and accorded :each
a syrupy word of thanks for
their presence. This over hiss
Naval A.D.C. appeared and eon -
ducted hi'»n to „one end of .the
saleon. I followed•"them' thro-
ugh the narrow 'passage which
opened int& a spacious drawing
room and- was already telling
myself how griossly the, Admiral
had been maligned; such a dirp-
lomatic• representative of - our
Country etc.
Jt was in this comatose con-
dition into which" I had 'lulled
myself that- from the further
recesses of the drawing .room
I heard the most fiendish yell
"Ybu bloody bastard you! What -
in hell's name :do you mean iby
skulkini back here in this Car-
riage?
ar
riage? I gave you four hours
liberty, dam your blasted soul,
and you disappear _Mad I have
to carry my own bleeding bags
on to the train. Doing your
work! Dam your -bloody im-,
pertinence!: • Get out at once,
blast you, and ,fetch in my bag-
gage...."
ag-;age,..." Then the AdmriraI
turned tb me with a seraphic
smile, thanked me profusely;
sent best regards to thegeneral
and 1 telt, to stand at attention'
on the platform as 'the train
;termed outs' •
But there was no face at the
••window: I suspPct the Admiral
was even then enlarging ori his
previous summation of his ser-
vant's Chinese ancestors.
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Installation
At Benmiller
'BENMILLER. - The officers
of Court Fascination No. L1901
Lady Foresters, Ber,misller, held
their installation' at the For-
es'ter's Hall, Benmiller, with
District Deputy High Chief •
Ranger, Sister Audrey Kerni=
ghan installing the officers: -
They went Past president, B.
Moore; president, E. Jewell;
vice-president, E. Fisher; treas-
urer, H. IV'IcCalbe; financial sec-
retary, `-Betty Moore; recording
ecretary, P. Harrison; 'chap-
lain, H:° Westbi'took; warden,
L.yla Fisher; conductor, P. Bogie;
inner guard,. I. Sturdy; outer
guard; J. 'McPhee,
D D.H.C,R. Audrey, Kernighan
also. installed -officers in Wal-
lace and •Kinburn this past
month. •
An enjoyable Bard party was
l ld in the Forester's Hall, Ben-'
miller, Saturday night, sponsor-
ed by the men and lady Fores-
ters. There were 10 tables of
progressive "500." ° The win»
n•ers were: thigh lady, P. B6gie.;
high man, Aaron Fisher; low
lady, Helen Fisher; low mann,
Tom Moore.
Draw prize for a chicken was
won by "Larry Fiiher.-,.,Another
such party will be held in a
couple of weeks.
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AUBURN. ----Mr.,, Mr. an.d. Mrs. Leo
ut
Ziler of Toroci visited wwath
Mr. and Mrs.; Kenneth' Scott
Tuesday of la t ,Week and all
attended the uner:al of their
nephew, ° Wil Sana Bow's at
Goderich.
Mr. tend Mr$i Robert 'Craig;
Veru and Jeff of Ildert.oli spent
Sunday with ,his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William J. C,y2„.araig. w.
Friends 'are pleased that Peter
McDonald is !home from the
hospital -where ,he was treated
for a fracture of .a bone in
his foot while playing badmin-
ton." •
Mr. and Mee, Tom Haggitt
and -Mr. and Mrs. George 'ITag-
I git of Zurich attended: 'the
wedding of Mr. Haggitt,s ate;
phew at Chatham on Saturday.
Delegation Here
Mr• and Mrs. Nigel ,Charlong,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wallace
and Mr. Derek Adkins were
guests on Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Craig. They
were a delegation from the
Township of West Flthnboro,
near H am t anseteessee.ethe -
burn Community ',Memorial Hall
since their 'comMuntty plans to
bu4d a commun.ily centre this'
spring, They were much
pressed with the Auburn hall
and took pictur s and -details
back to their eittee.
Junior Re',
�.Tlre Jurd-e�
auburn school h
meeting w
dent, Betty Mo
The minutes wer
ni%er Grange.
was answered b
favorite TV sho
ity favored "The
was decided to itsale at the nex
recitation was .gi
lUcClinrhey 'an.
three pupils san
"Dear ¥ittl-e Sn
collection . was t
Chamney.. Joyc
asked several • addles. - The
meeting was .cios d by singing
"0 Canada:"
-Cross
".Cross .oI
Id their mon-
th the rpresi-
, in charge.
read by Jets -
he .roll call
naming your
The major:_
Fugitive." It
ve an auction
meeting. A
en by Doreen •
the grade
several' years and 4.as a 'Mem,.
tier of
.the Auburn Women's
JUstlttjte. :Surviving are one
daughter, Mrs. j1arry (Sylvia).
Eve, Leastde;. two, sons. Charles
Blatchford;,' St. 'Marys" ,and Ndr-
man Ba"tchfford of Sudbury; six
grandehaldren and12' great:.
gea:ndchi'ldred; also five ,broth..
en . John ;Ai hLson, Moore -
town; Thomas Aitchison,- Kit-
chener; Henry Aitchison, Moore -
town; Lorne Aitchison, Mitchell,
and Harvey ;Aitchison of Wing,
ham. , Two brothers,. Loc'kie
and Wallace, and one sister,
Mns.Joe .(Emma) MMlutch, prede-
eased her. The funeral was
11• 1 in "'Knox Presbyterian
C1 urtnh, Auburn, with' Rev: R.
U, flaoLean •in charge. Inter-
rnent, was in Wi°nhain_ temre-
tery. Pallbearers were ' John
Daer, Bert Daer, Robert Daer,
Robert • J. Phillips, Arthur
Youngblut and Andrew Kirk-
conne11.
Walkerburn Club
The Walkerburn Club met at
the home ,a Mrs. Ted Hunking
with the president, ,Mrs. Lorne
ge'7- +4�rP. Tlrr
utes were read by Mrs. Henry
Hunking,- Notes of thanks were
read from Mrs. Leonard Arch-
ambault and baby, -Mrs. Walter
Cunningham 'Tor her rson, Rod-
ney, and Mrs. Henry I-unking
for sympathy .extended to her.
11he 'financial btatem'ent was
given iby the= -treasurer, •Mns Joe
Hunking The scall _c JI _was,.
answered
teas--
anstwered ley each telling her
favonite TV ,program. The
draw prize was On by Cathy
flunking. It had been donated
by Mrs. Henry Hunking. The
memlbers decided to send $5.00
to their adopted Korean child
for a birthday, -gift. A program
of contests andgames was con-
ducted by Mrs.. Joe Hunking
and Mrs. - Nellie McDougall.
The next meeting will be held
the chorus,
i' akes." The
ken by _Paul
Lea tlherla nd
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Players' Honored
William. J. Cr
e f the `Athletic
in charge of tit
of ja•cl'µts to th
of the past seas
e,eiving jackets
Daer, - Gordon B
Haggitta Peter.
don Daer, Lorn;
Seers, John Arth
therland, 'Ross..
Dobie, Wiliam
Lan Webster and.
This team was
Central Huron F
arid had, ,bee.rrb' "b
Liam J. Craig -ant
gitt. The -mattag
Hagitt. -An o
will be held. -late
to organize for t
son.. • Mr. Harry
urer and stated
Year's dance ha
cess and the, Ib
St. Patrick's. da.
12th when ticke
on a quarter of
• president
oda-Eon, was
presentation
ball players
n. Those re -
ere: Kenneth
adle, George
cDonald, _Gor-
Daer, Jahn
r, -Edgar Leap
aer, William
obertson, Al-
ien Webster.
nalists in the
otball league
shed by Wil -
Thomas Hag;
'r was George
dial meeting
in the spring
e coming sea-
rthur is tress-'
that the New •
been a suc-
's planned a•
ce on March
will be sold
eef.
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. ' • Mrs. Herbe t Govier
,Funeral servic s •werg held
February 2nd for 1VIi .ITe''r'bert
Govier w.he pass d away after
a lengthy illness in Clinton hos-
pital. - She was t e former Jen• -
net Aitchison, da tinter of Wi'1-
Iiam Aitchison •nd` •Elfizabbth
O'Donahue, and was born at
Teeswater on A ril 15, 1886:
She resided in Wi sgham before
coming . to the A burn district
many years ,ago. Mrs: Govier
was a member of nox Pireeby-
-terian Church anc a life -mem-
ber of the WDM: She s
also -a mei,r'ber- of-•t:•he Auburn -
Horticultural ,So iety where
she served as a director for
at the home 9 aViro; .10u SnyU
en's .with the gran i .kchak+ge
of Vim$tew;art: Ament and Mrs.
,Henry Honking. - •.,'Tlhe� lunch
committee to be iz „h�ange are,
Airs. Walter Cunningham). 7tts
'Tom Cunningh m, Mrs..CTuy
Cunningham. and Mars. Ariel
D.uizer, The roll call 4 to beanswered by. naming igroquetbin,g
pertaining" to; St. Valenti'ne's
Day. ,After an interesting af-
ternoon's program, lune .. was
seriied by Mrs. Joe Verwey; Mrs:
Stewart Amenit, Mrs. Stanley
Ball `land Mrs. Lorne Hur%king.
Plan .Contest
The general ',meeting of tho
U.C.W. of Knox United ,Char%
drew a good attendance in spite
of the stormy, weather. 'Ilhe
members of Unapt 'One were in
charge of the meeting with Mrs.
Janes Jackson at the piano.
The call to w'orshlip was given
Eby Mrs. Roy Easom. Scripture
was read by Mrs. Easom. The
meditation was .given. by Mrs.
James Jackson. Mrs. Lawrence
Plaetzer led -in prayer. Mrs..
William Empeor showed slides
en Trinidad. .Mrs. Easom thank;
E
ed Mrs. mpey. The offering
was received by Mrs. Envpey
and Mrs. Plaetzer and dedicated
with song. - The president, Mrs.
Bertt_Lraig, took !csharge• of the
business session. She thanked
evefyone for thein co-operation
ducting the past year and asked
for their- cantfnued- support
the minutes were real by Mitis
Elim Mulch. Dtie to fihe -ab-
Bence,. of Mrs. Norman McDo-
well, the treasurer, the financialstatement -was given 'by Mrs.
Oliver XilTderson. The corr'es`
pondence'was read by the secre-
tafy in the absenceotf 'Miss
Margaret Jackson: • •"Unit `-re-
ports were given by the leaders,
The supply report stated that
bales weighing 665 pounds and
valued at $1,815.41 had- been
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`ftn'aii eo were donated to' t1he
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'S!ingtFme and to Toronto for
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Contest. The secretary, of -each
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At the end of the year, the units
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IMrs. Bert Craig closed bhe meet-
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