It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Charles R. Bennett, which cccurred on the night of January 17, at the home of his cousin, Miss Isabella Bennett, Boston Court, Pasadena (Cal.), U.8.A.
Mr. Bennett was for many years s very prominent member of the sporting community of Shanghai. The son of a partner of the well-known firm of Messrs.
Mustard & Ca., he was born at Salem (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) on January 11, 1878, and arrived in Shanghai in the "nineties" to join the staff of Mustard & Ca., with which he was connected for several years, afterwards beginning busi ness for himself as a share broker.
In 1911 he left Shanghai for the United States and after a spell of ranching, joined the staff of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Ca., Beatle, of which firm he was for some time a valued servant.
Owing to the blockage of the Panama Canal his employers had to reduce the staff of their Seattle branch, and Mr. Bennett was transferred to Los Angeles, where he arrived at the beginning of the current year. He was then very poor state of health and owing to the condition of his heart was advised by his doctor to take a complete rest. Writing from Pas-aden on January 18, 1916, Mr. H. 8. Goodfellow says: "I have been along to sce him almost every day -and. feared that be had not long
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