"Way to Winnipeg and, Later, Manchester "When the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada sails for Vancouver early this morning she will take with her Mr. R. J, McNicol, for many years connected with Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Ca, Ltd., and who is now, leaving China for retirement in England, Mr. McNicol first came out to China in 1918 when, after seeing active service with the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War, he arrived in Shanghai to join the frm of Jardine, Matheson & Ca., Ltd, For the major part of his association with that company he was closely connected with the management of its cotton mills, In private life he was known to everyone as "a good scout," and was a member of most of the principal clubs in Shanghai, In the field of sport, he always gave a good account of himself on the tennis court. For some years po', he has been a familiar figure on the lawn bowls green, having recently attained that to which all good bowlers aspire— league status, Indoors, he could prove a very powerful opponent on the snooker table, as many of his more intimate' friends know, His most inspired performance—played, curi ously enough, in a "boiled shirt"—will linger long in the memory of many, (Mr. McNicol, amid the regrets of his friends and their best wishes for the future, is leaving Shanghai for Winnipeg; he expects to find his way ultimately to Manchester, "his native
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