He expressed the hope that in his new post the General would fud re-Hot from the anxieties of "the perimeter" "and perhaps find time to emulate his distinguished ancestor by Wwelting a true narrative of local events, Finally he quoted the following Ines from Dr. Tobias Smollett's first work, "The Regieide" as appropriate to this oceasio 'Not to th' ensanyulned eld of death alone valour limited: she sits sere Th he deilucrnte: counell~aagely scans he toured of action; weights, "Pre-
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Acts of Kindliness Soon after the occupation of the: Hungjao area by the Japanese, Gen-loral Telfer-Smollett rode: out' there, Inspected the houses of a number of residents, and on his return to the Settlement telephoned to their respec tive owners to inform them of the state in which their houses were—a Kkindly act which was most sincerely Jappreciated, A few weeks later he obtained permission from the Japanese Military authorities to organize at ations intervals expeditions enabling residents to inspect their houses andi bring into the Settlement part of thet: belongings.
'There was another incident which' the would like to mention and which' was perhaps not known to most of them, A lady in England wishing 10 return, wrote to General Telfer-Smolott that she wished to get into touch with her amah whose address she sent him. "Most people would have thrown that letter into the wastepaper basket, but not so General and Mrs. 'Telfer-'Smollett who, although the lady in question was quite unknown to them, to Hongkew in Search of the address. On being suc-Jeessful they were informed that that Jamah ad' moved to somewhere in French Town, to which address they then proceeded in the hope of getting into. touch with her. It was. these: Kindly acts" to. which he referred which had endeared them to their hearts and made them feel that with their departure they were losing two]
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