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Jardine and then
Jardine then ordered his team to move to bodyline positions immediately after Woodfull's injury.
Jardine Matheson then began its transformation from a major commercial agent of the East India Company into the largest British trading hong ( 洋行 ), or firm, in Asia.
Jardine, who had good relations with Lord Napier, a Scottish peer, and his family, then took the initiative to use the debacle as an opportunity to convince the British government to use force to further open trade.
Though in some ways unsuccessful in his forays in England, he was brushed aside by the " Iron Duke " ( Duke of Wellington ), the then British Foreign Secretary, and reported bitterly to Jardine of being insulted by an arrogant and stupid man.
Despite his nominal retirement, Jardine was still very much active in business and politics and built a townhouse in 6 Upper Belgrave Street, then a new upscale residential district in London near Buckingham Palace.
A descendant of Sir Robert, Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, sold his family's 51 % holding in Jardine, Matheson and Co. for $ 84 million at the then prevailing exchange rate in 1959.
Subsequent events led to the cross-shareholding structure between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Hongkong Land which was first instigated in 1980 by then taipan David Newbigging.
" Tokkie " Smith, Duncan McTavish ( HKRFC then captain ), Trevor J. Bedford OBE ( Chairman of Hong Kong Land, Jardine Matheson Limited, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Director of HSBC ) and Ian Gow, a Rothmans ' Tobacco company executive.
He then visited Sir William Jardine in southern Scotland.
Through his father, he was then employed for a further three months in Hong Kong by Jardine Matheson as a ' ship jumper ', an administrative post.
Jardine then went on to play for Surrey, for whom he was qualified, replacing the injured Jack Hobbs as an opening batsman before dropping down to number five in the batting order.
In the second innings, coming out to bat with the score 21 for two, Jardine scored 98 in a partnership of 262 with Hammond which was then the highest partnership for the third wicket in all Test matches.
Jardine then batted very slowly in an innings of 56, during which he was continuously barracked by the crowd.
Jardine then used Larwood and Voce in similar fashion on the 1932-33 English tour of Australia, the tactic resulting in injuries to Australian batsmen and raising the ire of the Australian public.
He ambushes Galt, knocking him out with ether, then murders Jardine and places a bloody poker in Galt's hand.
Hobbs was out when the score had reached 105 and then Sutcliffe added another 94 in partnership with Douglas Jardine as the wicket eased and close of play was safely reached with the total at 171 – 1 ( Sutcliffe 83 not out ).
Jardine later wrote about the number of times Hobbs and Sutcliffe were hit " all over the body " during their stand and made the point that, if a batsman is to make runs on an Australian sticky wicket, then being hit by the ball is inevitable.
Utam then goes to the tallest building he can find ( namely the Jardine House ), and climbs it.
The club then released a statement which said Fender would only stand down if a suitable replacement could be found, before Jardine was officially appointed in March.
Detective Constable John Jardine then ran up to the back of the Mini, and fired five shots at Waldorf through the rear window.
Detective Constable John Jardine then fired twice at Waldorf through the open driver's door.

Jardine and proceeded
He proceeded to bowl hostile bouncers at Jardine, who was struck painfully to the delight of the crowd.

Jardine and take
Matheson returned to China in 1836 to prepare to take over the firm as Jardine was preparing to fulfill his temporarily delayed retirement.
Fingleton also described Jardine as an aloof individual who preferred to take his time in judging a person before befriending them, a quality that caused problems in Australia.
Mike Love and Al Jardine reportedly wanted the album out as quickly as possible to take advantage of their resurgence of popularity.
Verity's bowling was most successful in the final Test, when Jardine allowed him to depart from his role of restricting the batsmen's scoring and bowl a more attacking line and length in an attempt to take wickets.
Including the short interval at Jardine Steps, however, it will take 12 minutes on a continuous ride from Mount Faber to Sentosa.
It appears that Jardine is setting up Galt to take another fall.
Upon Pataudi's refusal to take his place in a bodyline leg-side field, Jardine retorted, " I see His Highness is a conscientious objector.

Jardine and control
Matheson retired as taipan in 1842 and handed over control of the firm to his nephew Sir Alexander Matheson, who was also known as of the same capacity and competence as the elder Jardine and Matheson.
In 1988, instigated by Brian Powers, the first American taipan of Jardines, the entire corporate structure of Jardine, Matheson & Co., including all its allied companies, were restructured so that a holding company based in London and controlled by the Keswick family would have overall policy and strategic control of all Jardine Matheson Group companies.
The organizational structure of Jardines has changed almost totally, but the members of the family of Dr. William Jardine still control the firm through a complex cross-shareholding structure, several allied shareholders and a secretive 1947 Trust.
Jardine explained his belief that Bradman was weak against bowling directed at leg stump and that if this line of attack could be maintained, it would restrict Bradman's scoring to one side of the field, giving the bowlers greater control of his scoring.
Mr. Weatherall is a member of the Keswick family which control Jardine Matheson through complex cross-shareholdings, despite holding only around 10 % of the shares in the company.

Jardine and succeeded
Lord Palmerston, the Foreign Secretary who succeeded Wellington, decided mainly on the " suggestions " of Jardine to wage war on China.
On March 1, 1918, William Marion Jardine became the seventh president of Kansas State University and held the office until February 28, 1925, when he was succeeded by Francis David Farrell.

Jardine and office
During his time in office, Jardine penned several handbooks, such as " Suggestions for Teachers Giving Practical Instruction to City Boys in ( a ) Care and Handling of Work Horses ( b ) Care, Adjustment, and Use of Farm Machinery ( c ) Care and Handling of Dairy Cows and Milk ", which was published by the Kansas State Council of Defense.
Jardine House (), formerly known as Connaught Centre ( 康樂大廈 ), is an office tower in Hong Kong.
* The tai pan of 怡和 Jardine Matheson keeps an office on the top two floors.
Jardine Strategic, as an office, is a corporate entity entrusted with managing and owning stock, in its stock portfolios.

Jardine and order
During the journey to Australia, some players reported that Jardine told them to hate the Australians in order to defeat them, while instructing them to refer to Bradman as " the little bastard.
Once in London, Jardine ’ s first order of business was to meet with Lord Palmerston.
Jardine edited the series of books that were published a part of " The Naturalist's Library ", and include ( in the order in which they were published ):
Some players reported that Jardine told them to hate the Australians in order to defeat them, while instructing them to refer to Bradman as " the little bastard.

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