London, Sept. 27.
The death occurred here to-day, at the age of seventy, of Sir Fredericic Charles Allen, one of the deputy chairmen and a managing director of the P. & 0. Steam Navigation Ca.
Sir Frederick was a prominent figure in British shipping. In addition to holding other important posts, he was chairman of the Council of the Shipping Federation.
He spent 25 years in the Far East representing the P. & O. Steam Navigation Ca. in Bombay, Calcutta, JAden and Ceylon, returning to England in' i910 to take charge of the Blue Anchor Line, which had just been purchased by the P. & 0. Ca. "Reuter.
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