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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.
certain comments in connection
with Russo-Japanese war; sentence
afterwards quashed and new Order
in Council issued in 1904 in which
objectionable clause, under which
action was taken, was modified. Address:" China Times," Tientsin,
China.
COWEN, William Charles Barker
(TIENTSIN), Journalist; b. May 3, 1865, at Hull, e. s. of late John
Richard Cowen, Assistant Editor, "Yorkshire Post;" m. May 16, 1891, o. d. of Charles Bartram, The Causey, Maxley Hill, Co. Durham.
Educ.: Leeds Grammar School.
Assistant Sub-editor, "Eastern
Morning News" (Hull), 1883; As- sistant Sub-editor, "Newcastle
Daily Chronicle," Newcastle-on- Tyne, 1884; Chief Sub-editor, "New- castle Daily Chronicle," 1891; Assistant editor, "Newcastle Daily
Chronicle," 1896; Editor, "Lan-
cashire Daily Post," and "Preston Guardian," Preston, 1900; editor, "China Times," Tientsin, 1905.
Publications: "Road Book of
Northumberland and Durham,"
"History of the Motor Car." Address: "China Times," Tientsin,
China.
COX, Alexander George (TIENTSIN), F.R.G.S., M.I.C.E.; District En- gineer, Imperial Chinese Railways;
b. Sept. 28, 1865; m. 1894, Florence, widow of Rev. G. Innocent. Educ.:
The Commercial College, Adelaide, South Australia. Indentured pupil, and subsequently assistant to Seaver and Shaw, Civil and Mining
Engineers, Adelaide and Sydney;
joined Imperial Railways of North
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China as Assistant Engineer in 1887; promoted Resident, 1891, and
District Engineer, 1893; acted as Engineer-in-Chief of British Rail- way Administration (Military)
1901-02, and was mentioned in despatches; on reversion of rail- ways to Chinese Government again appointed District Engineer. Deco- rations: Double Dragon, 2nd of 3rd
class; China Medal, clasp Relief of
Peking. Address : Imperial Chinese Railways, Tientsin, China.
COX, E. A. W. (SARAWAK), Resident.
Cadet, Sarawak Civil Service,
March 1885; Assistant Resident
May, 1891; June, 1896; Resident,
2nd class, March, 1898, of Tiusan; again May, 1899. Address: Sarawak,
British North Borneo.
COX, Francis Bede (SELANGOR),
Federated Malay
Civil
States
Service; b. May 27, 1864, 4th s. of
Lieut-Colonel Richard Snead Cox,
of Brexwood Court and Eaton
Bishops, Herefordshire; D.L., J.P.;
m. Nov. 5, 1890, Mary Winifred,
Educ d. of late Charles Salvin.
Downside College, rear Bath. Joined Federated Malay States Civil Service, 1888; Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire. Address: Klang,
Selangor, Federated Malay States.
CCX, Dr. George Arthur (CHIN-
KIANG), L.R.C.P. and S., Edin.;.
Medical Missionary; b. Sept. 16,
1861; m. 1890, L. G. Thomas. Educ.: Madras and Edinburgh. Arrived in China in connection with China Inland Mission, Jan., 1888; while studying language travelled to Missionary stations on Yangtze