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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 17, 1938.
No. 471.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mrs. ALTA FRANCES STOUT, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.), to be Health Officer, with effect from 16th June, 1938.
17th June, 1938.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.
No. 472.-It is hereby notified for general information that there is one Cadetship annually at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, open to candidates from all the Colonial Dependencies. Nomination will be made by the Secretary of State on the recommendation of the Colonial Governments of the various dependencies and the successful candidate will enter the College in May of the year in which he is nominated.
A Candidate must:
(a) be unmarried.
(b) be a British subject of pure European descent, son of parents who are or
were British subjects.
(c) be medically fit.
(d) have attained the age of 17 years and not have attained the age of 19
years on the 1st of April in the year for which he applies.
(e) be in the opinion of the Air Council in all respects suitable to hold a
commission in the R.A.F.
These Cadetships are intended for candidates from families established and resident in Colouies and Protectorates, not for candidates whose parents' connexion with the Overseas Territory is merely temporary or official.
Candidates will not normally be required to take the R.A.F. entrance examination or to appear before the R.A.F. medical board but they must have attained a standard of education equivalent to that involved in obtaining the school certificate and must comply with the medical standards laid down for admission to the general duties branch of the R.A.F.
Further information is obtainable at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
Applications for recommendation by the Government of Hong Kong must reach the Colonial Secretary's Office not later than the 1st of October of the year prior to the candidate's year of entry.
17th June, 1938.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.