British Expedition to" Magdala in 1868 brought Io this arnee to lasa person than a" Shanghailander who! Tooke part' in that campaign es. midshipman of steen years of age.! Commander Frederick Davies of the Royal Naval Reserve (Rota.) \is unown here for. his _explotis In Woosing. it is not so. generally realized that he se tually has. the medal for Lord Napier of Magal campaign, and more than that, vivid recollection of the Abyssinia of the days so well described by Lewisohn. The Suez Canal not being existence, mast of the shipping atangiments for the Expedlon Sir Stephen Killik, the present Lord Mayor of London, confessed to jour-talists at dinner a few days ago that once entertained ambitions their profession. He had. maintained his proficiency in shorthand in. me-Rory of that early phase in his career and. indeed, visiting an old colleague the Parliamentary Press Gallery, had for one evening only borne share in reporting the proceedings for a London paper. But the in-{teresting revelation in the Lord Mayor's reminiscences was that of} his having once accepted the post of subeditor on a British newspaper in the Far East. The area thus. indicated covers a wide fleld—trom Penang to Kobe—so it would be unwise to attempt to identify. the journal which acquired Sir Stepher's services, It lost them, however; for reuons which were not precisely Iindleated the future Lord Mayor Geeided to remain at home after all and {0 seck wealth in another and, as it tumed out, more lucrative employment. What' journalism missed, London gained for it is generally' agreed that Sir Stephen has been most successful Chief Magistrate,
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