"It was about thirty years ago that I become acquainted with the Bourne family. I first met Major Bourne's tether, Sir Frederick Bourne, then a Judge in the H.M. Supreme Court here, in a mutual friend's house, Mr (now Sir) Sydney Barton's house. 1 was so fascinated by his discourse on Confucianism that, although all the other guests had left the house, I still found myself lingering behind and reluctant to go. My association with Major Bourne has been pleasant as that with Major G and perhaps of even a closer character, for he had at one time acted as honorary secretory to a commit of which I was the chairman was in that c: a thorough, assiduous and conseientious officer. He has been found ways to be at his post; this indees is a very rare but highly valuable quality in a police officer. I still r member that on one occasion I had tu bring to his notice a case in whi ihe good name of a respectable rez sident was being endangered and] notwithstanding the lateness of the heùr at which he was called up, had such a keen sense of his duty that he insisted on going to the tion concerned and attend to the matter in person, Shanghai is a complex cosmo: politan city and men like him are required for the maintenance of the Gfficiency of the police work here. In other cities, the duty of the Police is very simple, namely to protect the life and property of the people. But in Shangnai, from time to time, there üre subversive political elements at York. That accounts for the exist Bomb Explodes in Belfast SPECIAL TO THE "N, c.0.N, Belfast, May 20, ence of the special branch of whi Major Bourne has been success in charge for a considerable length of time, and in the light of my own experience he his: endered a great service to the community in general bnd to industries in particular.
The detonation of a large gelignite bomb at Parse Hall, the headquarters of the Nationalist Movement, shook King street, near the Belfast city centre at midday today.
The building was slightly shattered, but there, were no casualties, although many passers-by had narrow
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