Little was educated at Taunton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He went to America as a young man and there joined the Methodist Episcopal Mission. Later he returned to England where he married Miss Caroline Amelia Bate, the daughter of a Wesleyan Methodist clergyman.
He arrived in China in 1886 and worked with the Methodist Episcopal Mission at Chinkiang Kiukiang, Nanking and Yangchow. His activities and personality were such that he found missionary life, though very interesting, did not provide suffcient scope for his activities and in 1900 he joined Messrs. Brunner, Mond & Ca, opening-up their business in China, which at thet time was lo. In the face of considerable difficulties he succeeded in building up @ business with offices throughout the whole country. In 1918 Mr. Little retired from the business which is now the Imperial Chemical Industries (China) Ltd.
Outspoken Council Member pany informal farewell din-to It J. E. Pipe at the S.V.C. to make. their reservations dinner as early as possible. ry of Foreign A. Butler, in answer the House of Com-of the British to Portugal, said Government and the t believed that During the same year Mr. Little was, for some time, Trade Commissioner for Australia in the city. After relinquishing this post he went to New Zeeland where he started fruit farming. His death took place at Ken Ken, where he had built a hoüse in the middle of his fruit orchards, and it is interesting to note that'meny of his old friends in China followed him there at later periods and established homes in the seme district, For some years Mr. Little had suffered from blood pressure and the cause of his death was a stroke, In addition to his business activities he was deeply interested in public.life and for several years was a member of the Municipal Council where he frequently fought most vigorously against what he considered to be maladministration. Known for, his outspoken comments, Mr. Little once caused a resolution, passed by the council for the sale of the Electririty Department, to be turned down at a ratepayers' meeting. Some years later the department was sold.
He was for many years on the Union Church committee, and was a life member of the Shanghai Club, Shanghai Golf Club, St. George's Society and other public institutions. A pioneer in many things he was one of the first people in Shanghai to own a car—a single cylinder model, which he used to drive himself. He was a former chairman of the Automobile Club.. wees relating to defence, of arrangements not be in the inges in tite policy and personnel Of ihe "Government were entirely without foundation, declared Mr. Yeh Chu-tsang, newly-appointed Minister of Publicity, at a press conference "The conference," he said, "adopted no new policy, since the Kuomintang and the entire nation are following a fixed policy.
"There has been no change in China's policy after the Lukouchiao dneident and this policy will not be in the future, The Chinese E. Eric ed fixed after Mukden incident."
Mr. Yeh Chu-~ declined to make T mittee of the Kuomin-of the Central tang, which will be held shortly.—Reuter, New York newspaper theatre critics New York, m. ik.
Keen Sport Kuling owes its being to his activities, When residing in Kiukiang he found the summers there unbearable for himself and his family and, with the late Mr. John Archibald of Hankow, he succeeded in establishing the now famous health resort. Numerous other activities engaged his attention and at the age of 60 he demonstrated his keenness for tennis by playing 10 sets in one afternoon. He was also well-known on the rugby field, In 1911 he was chairman of the Famine Relief Committee which raised a large sum of money for the benefit of homeless people in North Kiangsu, whose existence had been threatened by floods, About this time Mr. Little attempted to introduce automatic telephones into Shanghai but his proposition was turned down on the grounds that the climate was too damp for automatic telephones to operate in the city.
During 1911 Mr. Little took part in the discussions between representatives of the North and South who were fighting at the time, and it is interesting to note that the late Tang Shao-yi, who wes brutally murdered some months ago with an axe in the French Concession, and who was one of the representatives of the warring factions, stayed at his home in Gordon Road. The other representative at the discussions was Mr. Wu Tigg-fang.
Mr. Little, who was a regular visitor to Shanghai every year since his retirement in New Zealand 12 years, was last in the city in October of last year. It was his intention to visit the port again this spring.
He is survived by his widow, his daughter, Mrs. Gladys Hawkings, both of whom are in New Zealand, and his son Mr. E. S. Little junior, who is in Shanghai. Mr. Little also leaves 10 grandchildren.
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