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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUÁRY 28. 1931.
CORRESPONDENCE,
OBITUARY
DEATH OF YOUNG LADY IN KOWLOON.
[
A Brain Wave.
To The Editor of Hongkong
Telegraph.]
It is with deep regret that we have to record the death, at an early age. of Mian Zoraida ("Alda") Estelita
dos Santos
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My dear, Such a brain wave Oliveira the daughter of Mr, and and It all came through Angus Mrs. Oliveira of Kowloon, who showing me his stamp collection. passed away at her realdense 19, You see Angus is a philopallet Ashley Road, Kowloon, on Thurs-which is a sort of stamp miser who day afternoon after a long and buys them to gloat over instead of protracted Incas..
writing letters and lots of his pratticat stampa are what you call The deceased Indy who wis In Memoriam issues or something. only 22 years of age member of a well-known PortuWell, my dear, he says lots of coun guese family. After leaving school trics like Spain and Ban Merino she joined the purchasing depart make heaps of money by issuing ment of the Hongkong and Shang-ever such pretty stamps-avery time bal Hotels Ltd., and later work anything happens and people suf- ed in the office of the Canadian world buy whole sheets of them. fering from philopaly all over the Commissioner of Immigration. Poor health necessitated
And what I say is why not us do her leaving her employment for
the same and make lots of pretty recuperativo trip to Shanghai, stamps for all sorts of values In but on her return her condition to celebrate Mr. Lloyd's birthday confidential dollars and issue them showed le improvement.
or something.
JLH
She in mourned by her father and mother
And Angus tawell
nays Fine and if} brothers and two sisters, to whom much more and that means that if four they're surcharged they'd fotch the deepest sympathy will be ex-you write tended in their sad bereavement.
on the front of them something different to what the The funeral took place at the printing says you can sell them Catholle Cemetery last evening, a for more than ever so he says I'd large number of personal friends better see Mr. Breen and ask him being present at the graveside. [to let us write what they're really The Rev. Father A. Granellt con-worth if anyone can work it out and ducted the service
the he thinks he'd do that for me be- with assistaure of a surpliced choir. cause he's sure he'd like me and i Sisters from the Italian Convent I think Angus is rather a dear, dont with the congregation of the you. Children of Mary were also pre- Angus anys the pattern ought to sent while the father and four be something tropien with a brothers were the chief mourners. border of Roses and Laurel Leaves
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