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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 12, 1915.
No. 8.-It is hereby notified that from and after the 15th January the use of the following four codes :-
A.B.C. 5th Edition,
Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code,
Scott's Code 10th Edition,
Western Union Telegraphic Code (Universal Edition),
may be used between Hongkong on one side and Neutral Territory on the extra-European telegraph system, or British or Allied Territory wherever situated, on the other.
The three additional codes notified in the Gazette of 24th December, 1914, may be used in telegrams between Hongkong and the United Kingdom only.
The use of codes to or from Neutral Territory on the European telegraph system is not permitted.
12th January, 1915.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
SUPREME COurt.
No. 9. It is hereby notified that by command of His Excellency the Governor, and pursuant to the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, an Election of two Members to the Sanitary Board will take place at the Supreme Court on Friday, the 22nd day of January, 1915, commencing at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The following persons will be entitled to vote at the election, that is to say :---
Such persons as are included in either of the Jurors Lists referred to in section 7 (3) of the Jury Ordinance, 1887, and also the following persons exempted from serving as jurors, that is to say, unofficial members of the Executive or of the Legislative Council, barristers and solicitors on the roll of the Supreme Court; duly qualified medical practitioners; dentists in actual practice in the Colony; persons registered under the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1908; clergymen of the Church of England, Roman Catholic priests, ministers of any congregation of Protestant dissenters or of Jews functioning in the Colony; the masters of any school other than a vernacular school in the Colony; the professors, lecturers and other academic officers of the University of Hongkong; the editors, sub-editors and reporters of any daily newspaper published in the Colony; pilots licensed under the Pilots Ordinance, 1904; and per- sons of sound mind who have previously been included in either of the said Jurors Lists but have been removed therefrom on account of age or infirmity.
The election will be conducted in accordance with the Rules contained in Schedule C to the above named Ordinance.
The name of every Candidate shall be nominated in writing by one Elector and seconded by another and the said Nominations delivered to the Registrar of the Supreme Court not less four clear days before the day fixed for the election.
Every Nomination shall be personally handed to the Registrar by the Candidate or his Nominator or Seconder.
In the event of the election being contested voting will commence immediately after the Nominations have been read and continue until 6 p.m., when the ballot-box will be closed.
C. D. MELBOURNE, Registrar.
11th January, 1915.
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