There will be many in Shanghai, especially clubman and those of the sporting fraternity, who will be sorry to learn that a message from Home reports the death, on June 16, from a heat stroke, of Mr. Arthur Gordon Nugent, who retired from the Municipal Couneit service a few years ago.
Mr. Nugent originally came to the Far Enst as a bank clerk. When the Great War broke out, he immediately volunteered for service and, was a member of the first large group to sail from Shanghai—the Suwa Maru contingent. He gained a commission fand served through the war with the Bulls. On returning to Shang-hal he entered the Council's service and became one of the senior members of the Secretariat.
He was a Marlborough boy, which almost the equivalent of' saying' that he was Intensely fond of all field sports, He attained considerable proficiency at Rugby, and it is believed, offhand, that he played in an Inter port match for Shanghai. In later Yeats, racing was his great hobby. Though not professing to be anything wonderful as a horseman, he had spell. of race-tiding and at least could claim to be one of the few to have ridden in matches on the Shanghai course. At one time he owned a few ponies, two of whom were of outstanding merit—Pilgrim land Thomas 4 Becket, both of whom won several good races in his The "North-China Herald" on many occasions was indebted to Mr. Nugent, for he could be a most de-Tightful writer, Just as he was a reader, and many @ most pleas-tide from his pen has appeared in this Journal, besides some ocsional very clever poetry.
One incident in Mr. Nugent's cai jeer is worth recording now, as being typical of his generous nature. Tt was some years after the war, and there was a proposal in a certain club to readmit Britain's late enemies to membership. An ultra-patriot object ed and strengthened his argument by lating that the day happened to be the anniversary of the sailing of the ]Suwa. Maru contingent. Mr. Nugent [promptly jumped up wit Jother hour, T-shall be at the Suwa Maru anniversary dinner. I have: the greatest pleasure in proposing. the readmission of our late enemies. The majority for his proposal was
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