In the presence of many friends funeral services were held on Salurday morning at Hungjao Road Come-{ery for the late Miss Kate Maud Cowan with the Rev. E. J. Ottewell, of Holy Trinity Cathedral, officiating, Miss Cowan had been in Shanghai for the past nine months, visiting her sister, Mrs. Phyllis Hill. Besides her sister she is survived bya mother land father who reside at Bristol, England. The casket upon which rested a beautiful spray of roses was carried to the grave by Messrsi—J. J. Cantwell, C. Bird, E, Brewer, BIN. Miller, 1. Battman and J. Daker Miss M. L. Meason News was received here on Saturday from Timaru, New Zealand, of the death there of Miss Mary Laing /Meason, who for over ten years was fconneeled with the business and vverlising departments of "The Shanghai Times" and "The Shanghai Sunday Times," and was well-known in local social' circles, Prior to her arrival in Shanghai, Miss Meason travelled extensively through the Far East, and was con-neded with the business side. of a. number of theatrical enterprises in India for some time. She joined "The Shanghai Times" in 1925, and re-
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