Useful Cantonese phrases. A collection of useful phrases in Cantonese, a variety of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China, and a number of other places, in traditional characters and Yale Romanization. Click on any of the phrases that are links to hear them spoken.
John Rylands (7 February 1801 â 11 December 1888) was an English entrepreneur, and philanthropist.o successful were they that, in 1819, Rylands' father merged his retail business with theirs, creating the firm of Rylands & Sons. At its peak, the company employed a workforce of 15,000 in 17 mills and factories, producing 35 tons of cloth a day.
According to the book John Rylands of Manchester by DA Farnie, Stretford was a fashionable destination for Manchesterâs well-heeled merchants in the 1850s, and the place where they went to establish what the book describes as their âcountry residencesâ.ohn Rylands was born in St Helens on February 7, 1801, the son of a manufacturer of linen goods. After completing his studies at the local grammar school he started his own Wigan-based weaving business, and by the age of 18 he was running the operation with his two brothers, Joseph and Richard.