The Archive · 1939

Bagpipes Ends Missing Instrument Turns Up; Piper's Trips

Much to the disgust of Shanghai's very efficient police and the local sassenach community (they don't appreciate good music, says the Scots man), Shanghai's first, and probably last, mystery of the missing bagpipes has been solved. It will be recalled that when playing at an officers' function at the Race Club on May 13 thirsty work this) a Seaforth Highlander piper who had blown lustily and well for the greater part of the evening decided that his lungs needed Poultry, Game and Eggs as kil Chicken, spr.

Capon a little "oiling" and so, between intervals, he quietly slipped across to Deer Bubbling Well Road to perform the Duck 50 task.

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journeys he carried his pipes with him, displaying that great affection Widgeon Duck for his instrument which is common Hare Partridge to all dwellers north of the Tweed.

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Woodcock Duck, dressed Eggs (duck) Goose, dressed Fruit Apples, Korean Chefoo Dairen soso were

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