The death is announced from pneumonia at Victoria, B.C., of Mr. W. J. Burke-Scott. " Mr." Burke-Scott came to Shanghai from India about 1909, joining the accounts department of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. To start with he was stationed at Woosung, but afterwards was transferred to the head office at Shanghai.
About 1914 he left the Railway and joined the Finance Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Unfortunately the climate of Shanghai did not suit his health, and towards the end of 1918 he decided to leave for Canada. Here he was believed to be regaining his strength, but unfortunately pneumonia carried him away. Mr. Burke-Scott, who was unmarried, was 34 years of age.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.