Word of the death of Mr. James Dee, aged 00, a retired Chief Inspeefor in the Shanghai Municipal Police, Was received here on July 21 from Mogi, Japan. Mr. Dee dat Mog! on July 18, of a heart attack, and hho was cremated at Nagasaki the following day.
Mr. Dee, who was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, on January 6, 1876, joined the Municipal Police here on May 29, 1900, and retired on Apri 14, 1929, when he held the Tank of Chief Inspector. He was unmarried and he continued his residence in Shanghai on his retirement. He leaves a sister, in America, He was on holiday at Mogi when [he was stricken suddenly.
Mr. Jose Maria Tavares, Jun, The funeral took place. on July 21, in the Bubbling Well Cemetery, ci Mr. Jose Maria Tavares, jun, the second son of Mr. and Mrs.
'Tavares of Shanghai. The deceased was born in 1909 and, after prelimin= ary studies at the Ecole Municipale Francaise, took a course of civil en-Bineering' at the Aurora University. His unexpected demise afler an ill: hess, of three days came as a great shock to his large circle of friends, Lid as follows:—io hess the of whom "refers to him bre tine sportsman inthe widest sence {tJoe was 9 tne athlete and a. gon the term, Ho achieved istinetion in almost "every "branch sot spore bardeularly tondls, in which he ex: felled. 'Toate ws Invited by Tent Goehet, at. one' time world tennis champion, to "accompany" him "ast Sear on his Par Eatern tour, and Feaped honours onthe sours ficient indication of "the high landerd of tennis to which he had Attained, Tt may alo' be salt the Suitstanding' quallucs which endeared Soo 'Tavares to lis contemporaries were, fat, a genre and cordial good eas an simple ay it was unassutmin td" second, areal and. sympatiellc felpcunem and famous he com: rades. 'Tis loss wilt be deeply' gretted by all who came in contact with him?
'The religious service at the yraveside was conducted by the Rev. Father Macdonald, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic' Church The chief mourners were Mr. J. M. Tavares and his son Carlos. The casket was surmounted by actors of white carnations from the parents and sister, and a beautiful wreath from his brother. and. sister-in-law, and was carried to. the grave by Messrs. Raoul Canavarro, Lindsay Moller, Alvaro d'Bea, Antonio. Souza '© Aquino, Pedro Acha, and A.
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