Retired Commissioner of s Customs Ends a Long And Distinguished Career Mr. Stanley E. Wright. retired Commissioner of Customs, who for a number of years has been one of the leading members of the Chinese Customs Service, is leaving China by the s. Empress of Japan today after a long and distinguished teer. He is a well-known figure in Shanghai where, with the excep-Mou of two or three periods spent at howe on leave or on official duty, He has been stationed ever since 1929.
Mr. Wright had a brilliant university career. He was Senior Scholar and Prizeman at Queen's College. Eelfast—it is interesting to note that he won the same scholarship that-was held formerly by Sir Robert Hart—and later gained an honours degree in Modern Languages and Literature. He Joined the Customs at Shanghai in June, 1903, and among the ports at which he served "during his early years were Tientsin, Hankow, Amoy. Newchwang, Kowloon and Kiukiang.
Safety at the End of the Rocky Trail from Spain "Mr. Wright was first appointed to Spanish militiamen and their 4 es and children arriving on French soil outside Luchon high in the Inspectorate of Customs (then the Pyrenees.
These are some of the thousands who sought safety in France after their army went at Peking) in 1920, when he was to pieces before General FraAco's advance. The refugees had to traverse miles of rough mountain made Acting Service Chief Ao countant. He later became A. country before reaching the friendly soil of France. ant Audit Secretary ana then Revenue Chief-accountant during which period he gained that expert knowledge about the Customs Re-
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