Impressive Service at Bubbling Well Cemetery The funeral of the late Captain A. W. Dixon, whose death occurred at Vancouver, B.C. on September 4, took place' at "Bubbling Well Cemetery on Sept, The deceased, in addition to the other public work he had done, had served, for long in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, retiring with the rank of major, and in consequence full military honours were paid to him, In addition to a large turn-out of members of the Corps, the public was fully represented, among those present being the' President and Vice-President of St. Georg Society, The cortege was accompanied by the-band of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and the pallbearers were:
Majors E. H. McMichael, E, Macnaghten, M. Reader Harris, R. Andrews, A. J. Stewart, T. A. Zee, B. Y. Woo and A. M. Diniz, The coffin was covered with the Union Jack, on top of which were deceased's cap and sword, Following the service in the chapel, which was conducted by Dean Trivett, assisted by the Rev.
W. Hall,' chaplain to Forees, the burial service was read by, Dean Trivett at the graveside.
Three volleys were fired by the firing party of the Armoured Car Ca, after which the buglers. from the' Northamptonshire Regiment sounded the Last Post, Owing to the fact that certain bad characters have been posing as spectors of the Anti-Japanese Boycott Committee, the public have been warned to be on their guard.
OwiNe to the heavy rain and the swollen state of the river, a num ber of dykes in the Paoshan district have been damaged and, says the Chinese press, the lives' and properties of hundreds of people are in danger. Petitions have been sent to the Commissioner of Reconstruction for Kiangsu, asking to deal with the matter at
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