The Fankwae at Canton To the Editor of the jonniisCanxa Dany News"
Si—To those who delight in del. ing into the records of bygone days jin Shanghai and China, generally, the il too brief excerpt from your files Dublished daily under the caption of "Sixty Years Ago" frequently is very interesting and assuredly, there will bbe many" who. like the present scribe, Fegret that the "lifted" matter does not run to at least halt a column. Also, it is suggested that the name of the Editor sixty years agone be included with the caption.
"To. many these chronicles of the past are of absorbing interest and Such is "The Fankwae At Canton. small and somewhat rare volume writ~ ten by the late Mr. William C. Hunter, fof the long defunct hong of Messrs Samuel Russell & Ca, established at Centon in 1818 and known as the Kee Chang Hong (after December 1823. [known a the Tai Ping Hong which was the forerunner of the China Merchants SRI. Ca.
This sinall_ but interesting volume is one of the few hurriedly salved from the writer's reference. library. some five moons agone when all his Tares and penates were left to the tender care of our Japanese protectors of the Hongkew Park District from the horrors of Communism.
Re-reading the book many interesting historical incidents are recalled two of which it may be pertinent to quote from its pages. number of "barber ins" were known, to. be approaching ate. Hunter 29
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.