News has been received in Shang hai of the death in England of Me.
C, Richards, formerly agent of the P, & 0. SRI. Ca. here, Mey Richards apparently had an' acts attack of pneumonia, and death Sapervened after an illness of only two ox three days.
Mr. Richards, who had been la the service of the P. & 0. 8. N. Ca, for about 80 years, spent most of is time in the East in Bombay where he was very well-known, "He saw service in other ports, and about 1010 was transferred to Shanghai, been appointed sub-agent under Mix. A. M, Marshall, For the next ten years he remained in the port, becoming agent on the retires ment' of Mr, Marshall.
"During his stay in Shanghai Me, wards-did a tremendous amount of work in a very quiet and une obtrusive manner. But for the £acb that he was a keen yachtsman, salle ing regularly with the Midget Club at Hen might have been said only hobby was work another. He concerns ed himself with every detail of office routine, and, when not engaged. in work, was at the disposal id sundry, whether organizations, who quired assistance. As head of the P. & O, he naturally took the keen est interest in the Missions to Sea~ men, and his intense activity early brought it to public notice that he would be a valuable asset as a memo ber of the Municipal Council, On this body he served for a number years, and, if we remember alight, only severed his connection when he left the port on retiring. A man of the highest principles and extremely kind-hearted, his depart. ure from the port was fal asa munity at largo but rent number to whom he had bee of assistance, Mr. Richards, who was un mars jed, decided to'settle down on the coast of Cornwall, and there he built a house in close proximity to that of his old friend and formes chief, Mr, Marshall. Unfortunat ly he did not live many years enjoy his retirement, for at the th fof his death he was no more th 50 or 7 years of age. 1
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