Shanghai, Jon, 31.
News has been received' in Shans-hal of the death by enemy action of Mr. Vielor Payne, brother of Mrs. 'A. G, Jacobs. Mr, Payne had already Seen service in Egypt with the Royal Artillery and_was en route to Eng Jand via the Cape in the Empress of Britain, when she was torpedoed by submarine and bombed and Shine gunned from the air. It seems that he was machine-gunned whilst fon deck getting into a life boat when It'was apparent that the Empress of Britain had to be abandoned, Mrs, Nellie Rowsell Feb. 1 In the presence of a large attendance of relatives and mourners funral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Hungjao Road Cemetery for the late Mrs. Nellie Row-sell, widow of the late Frederick James Rowsell and mother of Mes. Manuel A. Ferras, Annie and Harry. he funeral cortege left from the parlours of the International Funeral Directors on Kinochow Road for the cemetery where religious services were held at the graveside by Dean AL.'S, Trivett of Holy Trinity Cathedral. A beautiful spray of sweet-peas and lilies from Annie, Harey, Bessie. and grand-children Patricia and Donald, was lowered into the grave with the casket, The pallbearers were Messrs—A. G. J. MeKerrow, H. P. Madar, B. Reynolds, KK. H. Schlager, C. Souza and
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