Cooper, of Hull, England, and when that firm was dissolved he came 10 the Far East, For a time he was, associated with the New Engineering Shipbuilding Works, Ltd, as. assiste ant manager, and when that concern was merged with the Shanghat Dock Engineering Ca, Lid, as the Shanghai Dockyards, Lid," he was {ransferred as manager under Me, W. S. Burns as chief manager. In this position he continued up to the time: of his death, In the comparatively short while hho had been in Shanghai, "Sandy" Livingston collected ship quite as much as he value their's. "He was what the world knows as a very good "mixer," although of an essentially quiet and unassuming disposition, To. this was added a dry humour and a great fund of information and experience, whilst, although his health for a long time could not have been of the best, always he seemed disinclined to leave whilst any of his friends remained.
"Sandy" naturally became a mem ber of that highly joyous organiza tion, "the Shanghai Boilermakers Union, which asks but two qualitications—a profession and a tempera: ment such as were his—and his high ood humour added much to the gaiety of their gatherings. The strictly limited membership naturally is most deeply grieved over the death of the first of their members to pass away. Mr. Livingston had been here only months as compared with the years of many other men, but he will be very sadly missed for all that.
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