Mr. "Tommy" Biron Revisiting His Old Haunts All his friends in Shanghai have been delighted to see Mr. "Tommy" Biron back in their midst during these past few days. Mr. Biron's acquaintance with Shanghai dates back to 1896, and although for quite a considerable time he was Jabsent from the port his renewed residence here in the first years of the present decade caused former {friendships to be renewed. Mr. Biron has now retired from the East, and he has come here on his way, Home There are not many people here who know Mr. Biron's real Christ is 'a card bearing the paratively little to the majority who know him otherwise. For some reason or another which forgotten, he was Tommy" in his young da} 'P. & O. office in London, and he has. remained so ever since. In the nineties Shanghai was such a small place that a letter from London announcing that "Tommy" Biron was coming out would, as a matter of course, be told to' the whole community, and they would accept]
gospel. Those: who had already worked with him in London would meet him on arrival, introduce him by his wonted title, and there] would be an end of any inquiry. So it would go wherever he travelled in the East.
Mr. Biron, after his initial journey Shang? years before! to the Fs remained in
getting leave, and then after returning from Home was stationed for varying times in Japan, Hongkong and the Straits during the next 15 years. While in Japan in 1916 he the golf championship of Kobe a the Rokkosan links. At the end fof this period of 15 years he re- 7 turned to Shanghai where he was Inoted as a very keen golfer, and in 1922 he retired from the Far East.
It was very unfortunate that immediately after retiring he should have found himself in bad health, and it was thought that an opera. tion might have to be performed. This fortunately proved unnecdssary, and Mr. Biron is now as fit as ever, Lis winters he spends in south of France, principally at, Monte Carlo where he tells us there is a regular Far Eastern club, the members congregating outside the Cafe de Paris. At one the total did not come to more than six or a dozen, but on occasion it has jumped up-to 70. Then "Dutch roles" were introduced, and everybody now pays for his own drink. The general average attendance is about 30. With a month or two at the best time of the year in Eng-Tand and a residence during the season at Deauville, it is possible, to have a very good time at Home.
On his visit to Shanghai /Biron is'aecompanied by Mrs, Biron jand his son, who is me years' old. The latter, while fishing in Lake Taupo, New Zealand, landed a 13 Wb: trout. Thoy* are leaving "here for France on November 11, Tue forthcoming wedding ix an, nounced gf Mr. Arthur Hevey, Kowloon, to Mies Florence Stanwell who is to arrive in the Ooleny by the' str. Glengbeg.
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