Who's Who in the Far East/STEWART, Hon. Gershom

3631159Who's Who in the Far East — STEWART, Hon. Gershom

STEWART, Hon. Gershom (HONGKONG), Exchange Broker; Member Legislative Council; Chairman, China Association, and President St. Andrew's Society, 1905-1906; b. 1858. Came out to Hongkong Bank, Jan., 1883; active in sporting and social matters; opposed Hongkong having a gold currency while China remained silver; went into Kwangsi as Secretary to Famine Relief Fund, 1903; keenly interested in all matters, political and otherwise, pertaining to welfare of Colony; strong advocate of establishment of railway from Kowloon to Canton, now in course of construction, Clubs: Hongkong; Conservative and Caledonian, Loud. Address: The Peak, Hongkong.