The C. M.S. Kwanglee, on-atri ing from Amoy, brought back the body. of Mr. J. Mi Turner, chief engineer, who" died suddenly on board the vessel' at 2.30 p.m, on November "6. The deceased had been in ill. health for some time, but his death at the carly age 45 has shocked: a: wide circle of friends.
The late Mr. Turner was a Dam= barter man, He joined the Chins, Merchams Steast Navigation Ca: in March 1008-and was promoted chief engineer in:1921. A' wife and two childteny and: a- brother. and sister, all cecil residents, survive: him, Mr. AE, €, Thompson Mr. Arthur Eldred Cowley Them: p#0n, chief accountant and'sceretary lof Messrs. Reuters, who died at the (Country. Hospital-en Saturday, was born' at Wandsworth, London, 1589, In his early. years, because of eat health, be was sent to Aus-where he spent about two years' of outdoor: life;. after which returned to: London to: take' position with'a: bank, He came to 'China in 1920 to: join'Reuters. He eas' widely. esteemed' by all. with whom he had: business dealings-and though ofa: very: retiring: dispose ition had a-wide circle of friend He caritinved in good: health until the latter: part of the'summer, when the entered the hospital for the removal of a-growth-in: the neck. It was a great shock to his friends when it was discovered. that the disease was of a malignant nature, It may be remembered that' when funds for the' restoration of St. Paul's: Gathedral were being raised Shunghisk he was local treasurer Jand' as such worked: strenuously to make Shanghai's subscription really worth while. He is survived by his father, a brother, and' a' sister; of whom the former-is now on his way to China, He wasa nephew of the Rev. G. W. Sheppard, Secretary of the British & Foreign' Bible Society, 3 Hongkong' Road.
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