Club held its usual monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, when the mem= bers, were transported in spirit by the speaker, Mr. He Weight, into the Wife of Hankow some 70 to 80 years ago.
entertaining and instructive menner, the speaker Introduced his subject, "Notes from an Old Minute Book,"'by tracing the growth of the ity of Hankow from 1041 to" 1007, referring to its connections with the tea trade, once so famous throughout the world, and the growth of the con cessions with the centre' of business Hire focussed round the "Club, He cleverly portrayed the personal. ity of some of the residents in that outport in the early days of ils history, ae shown in notes left by members ff the foreign community. Although pone of those present could claim knowledge of Hankow in that, era, many had visited the city, and retained pleasant recollections of the espllity of lis inhabitants and the Mr, W. MeLennan, in proposing a vote of thanks to the speaker, gave amusing reminiscences of our own lity. Dr. Couper Patrick followed with comments to show the value of the written word In "The Vindication of Warren Hastings," concluding with the remark that we could only. visualize the past by records as kept in minutes and notes.
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