News of an event which will cause grief to very many friends was received by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca., last week, in a telegram announcing the death in Scotland of Mr. T. S. Forrest.
Mr. Forrest was a native of village to dine, Matheson & Ca. in the nine ties, and for @ time was stationed in J Thereafter he came to China and at different times resided in Shanghai and Hongkong. His ability as a busine: seldom been surpassed, and he rose high in the councils of Ewo, and by. none is he more regretted than by those associated with him in business. He retired from the firm in 1919, while in Hongkong.
There are many others in the Far East who will mourn "Jock" Forrest, and it is safe to say that his name will long be held in the most affectionate remembrance and in honour, especially by golfers, for he did for Hongkong what a man like Braid has done for Glemeagles—created a great golf course. While at one time he played polo in Benj Kong, this could have been only a sideline, for golf was his game, He knew everything there was to be known about the game, and only one unfortunate feature of his play prevented him from rising to great heights in it, In a match he would is a six-inch putt, and it meant all the difference for him between success and the second place. In what was then known as the Scottish Amateur Championship—the "Evening Telegraph" Cup—he was one year runner-up, and on that occasion it was the shortest of putts which did him out of the principal honour. He won the championship of Hongkong, and played in several but he did some-the nobody who know him ever thinks of him by any name—planned Fanling, the mi ficent course of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club. He was horn golf architect, and he inde full use of the wonderful ground there, getting splendid variety of holes. Fanling endeared itself greatly to him, and along with Sir Henry May he presented the half-way shelter to the Club. He had been absent from Shanghai for some years, and by the time he returned both ' Kiengwan and Hungjao courses were in existance. He made certain interesting suggestions for the improvement of Hungjao, and they were immediately adopted by the Committee with the best results possible.
Mr. Forrest was the most kindly and lovable of men, and the very best of friends one could have. While he was in Shanghai during the war period he was a member of the Shanghai-Scottish 8.V.C,, and always took an active interest in.
ies. After his retirement from business he was fond of reig at Fanling, but a few years ago he decided to return to Scotland where he passed his time largely at golf, He made St. Andrews his and was a very low the Royal Mr. Forrest, who was unmarried, just over 50 years of age.
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