who lost their lives in the
wreck of the S.S. Bokhara':
For a little time
there
was some
slight hope
of
that he might be one two shipwrecked persons reported by the Chinese to
have been seen on an
island at some distance
from
the
one
on
which
"the "Bokhara was lost, but it has now been ascertained
that the two persons in question
are
the sole
survivors
survivors
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of another ship wrecked the day before the "Bokhara was lost.
Mr Taverner
most promising
er was d
and
trustworthy officer, and
in
-private life he was – much respected owing
his amiability and
excellent moral
to
qualities. The Public Service
has lost in him
valuable
a
young officer,
and it may be some ~
solace