Carried in an-urn wrapped ina while cloth, the ashes of the late Sgt. Niwajito Yoshioko, slain while on duty on the outskirts of the Japanese Concession in Hankow by an unidentified gunman on September 19, arrived here on Oct, 8 on their, way to Japan in the care of Mr, Takashi Yoshioka, a brother of. the deceased, The remains were brought here by the s. Hengyang Maru. They were kept overnight at the Chotokuin Temple of the Jodo Sect in Woosung Road, before being taken aboard the Japan-bound s. Nagasaki Marw next morning.
All members of the local Japanese Consular Police force, who Were off duty at the time, lined the N.VK, Mall Wharf to pay their last respects lo their fallen comrade, when the Mengyong Maru arrived,
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