Mr. Cookes, who, incidentally, really ig a very fine piper, vastly Entertained the, company with Te Iminiseences of his experiences that capacity" in the Far East from fay back as 1909, He was parti-Cularly entertaining as. regards one President in the Straits Settlements who, not content with being piped Into' the hall on the occasion of the Bt. Andrew's Day celebration, in to upper, through the reels, and home to his' quarters, refused' absolutely, fo move a step farther unless he were piped into bed.—Mr. Cookes was enthusiastic as to the future of the Shanghai Reel Club and hoped that the Committee and members of the St, Andrew's Sociey would follow the example of Mr. Macbeth, who did not know what it was to miss the dancing of any reel, Mr. Greig made a happy reply to the toast of his health, emphasising that he remembered Air. Cookes as 4 particularly virile member of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Societ and he vid not seem to have sla since he had been in Shanghai
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