The Archive · 1934

PERSONAL NOTES

aye, B, P, Dicker and Geant det UePatee Steamship aa General The death of Mr. Sidney Francis Fs, who Shanghaj and Peking during many ly known in years of residence, was reported fon Tuesday, Feb. 2 despatch from London, where he had lived since 1827. Jsuccumbed to an attack of peritonitis there on Sunday, according to the message, He leaves a widow.

Vicomte de Sibour is reported by Havas to have completed his 28,000 kon, alr voyage from here to Paris Tuesday, Feb. 20, Rear-Admiral Chiltern (Rear miral, Yangtze) is due in Shang-HALS. Bee, arrives for ite annual on Tuesday, when his flagship, Mr, Mayers was born at Winchester, England, on March 19, 1 land entered the British Consula: [Service in September, 1895, His first appointment was as a student interpreter in China and subsequent.

he served variously as British [Assessor in the Mixed Court, Shani hai; Acting Vice-Consul, Shanghai assistant and Actin, Chinese leretary, Peking; He resigned from the Service in (908 to become the representative in China of the British and Eh [Corporation Ltd, in ruccessi Mr. J, 0. P. Bland, a post which he Until he finally retired to Eng land,

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