The Archive · 1920

Tae FUNERAL

in the Memorial Chapel of The funeral service was held Death of a Well-Known_ Barrister.

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Shanghai of the death of Captain Arthur E. Knights at Berkeley, California, on November 22, 1919, at the age of 86.

Captain Knights was a native of England, and followed the sea from his youth, eventually arriving in Shanghai, where he became a pilot on the Yangtze River in the employ of the Shanghai Steam Navigation Ca., of which Messrs. Russell & Ca. were managers. He resigned in 1878 and entered the service of the China Merchants 8. N. Ca. as Captain and was in command on the river steamers for many years. He also brought out in command, from Scotland, the str. Kiangyu in 1883. He acted as Marine Superintendent at different times and also held other positions of trust in the company, and was very highly respected by his employers. He was a man simple of life. Captain Knights is survived by his widow and one daughter Mrs. Aanc H. de Hees, a former resident of Hankow.

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