Extract from the Daily Press" of 11th, November, 1908.
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Funeral of Mr #. McGregor.
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At the Happy Valley yesterday evening the funeral tak place off *.
sc McGregor, overseer in the Public Works Department, whose sad death as
the result of a shooting sccident in the New Territory has been already
reported. A large number of friends of the deceased followed his
remains to the grave and the coffin was carried from the hearse into
the cemetery by six of his colleagues on the F.W.D. staff, namely
Messrs. J.Coyle, E.Dougherty, I.A.Wheal, 3.*.Kooch, J.H.Barrington,
and Cole. There were present The Honourable A.Chatham, Director of
Public Works, Mr P.H.Jones, Assistant D.P.W.; Chief Inspector 8.G.
Baker, Inspector W.L.Ford and W.G.Warnock, Sergeants Lee, Bill and
Clark and many other members of the Police Force; Inspector A.Lawrence
of the Nval Yard Police; Mr W.M.Deas of the Kowloon Docks and many
Masonic breth@rh. Reverend C.B.Bickling of the Union Church conducted
the funeral service, and delivered a most impressive address. After
the last honours had been paid to the dead, Reverend Hickling shook
hands with Sergeant Lee and expressed every sympathy with him in his
sorrow for unwittingly being the cause of his friend's death. The grave
was covered with wreaths.
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