The Archive · 1938

Refugee Work

These are only a few instances of the many good deeds done by her for the alleviation of the sufferings of the poor and unfortunate, for in every case of distress, be it flood or famine, her unstinted support way immediately forthcoming.

At the time of her death, Lady Clara was Vice-Chairman of the Hongkong Bureau of the New Life Movement for Kwangtung, and Vice-Chairman of the Hongkong Branch of the National Women's Relief Association, In the latter capacity, she threw all her energies into the work of relieving war victims and refugees, during the past two or three months, and this was responsible in no, small measure for the over-taxing of her strength.

A kind and charitable lady who. always gave a thought to her less fortunate fellow-beings, Lady Clara's death is not only an irreparable loss to her family but also to the Colony and Far East as a whole.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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