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MR. PERCY CHEN AIR LINER FOR
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
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THE KING
One of the De Havilland' Flamingo air liners, which, as stated in the House of Commons have
At the Supreme Court this morn-been ordered for the R.A.F., is to ing, Mr. Percy Chen was admitted be allocated for the use of his Ma- to practice in the Supreme court jesty, and will be maintained by as a barrister by the Chief Justice, the King's Flight. Two of these Sir Atholl MacGregor.
machines will be placed at the dis-
The Hon. Mr. Alabaster, At-posal of the Air Council. torney-General, in moving his ad- mittance said that Mr. Percy Chen
All three machines will normally
was the eldest son of Mr. Eugene be stationed at Hendon. Eventual- Chen, formerly Foreign Minister ly, they will replace the 'planes at of China and was born in Trinidad | Hendon now used by the King and in 1901. Mr. Chen went to Eng- the Air Council, which are a twin- land to receive his education in engine Airspeed Envoy and two. 1909 and finished University Col- four-engine De Havilland 86B, air lege School in London. He joined liners respectively. the Middle Temple in 1919 and subsequently read in Chambers
A special hangar is retained at under the guidance of the late Sir Hendon for the use of the King's Hugh Fraser. He was finally call-Flight. ed to the Bar, in 1922 just a few days before he attained his majority. Mr. Chen then left for Trinidad where he practiced law until 1926 when he came to China
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tant posts in the Chinese Govern- ment service.
Since the conflict between China and. Japan, Mr. Chen had came to Hong Kong and engaged himself in various charitable works.
Sir Atholl MacGregor said he had much pleasure in admitting Mr. Chen to practice in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong as à barrister and wished him every success.
PRESS IN TIME OF WAR
GIRL, 12, TRIED TO COPY LEAP TO DEATH
New York, May 15. Three thousand people last night: saw 12-years-old Ruth Nordling, poised on the roof ledge of a three- storey New York apartment house, threatening to jump 40ft. to death. if anyone came near her.
Police and firemen were called! to the house. Searchlights were turned on, nets were set up to. catch the child.
Help From Government He offered her dolls, sweets, and
Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secre- tary, said that he was strongly opposed to censorship of the Press in peace-time.
In war-time there must be a censorship, but he thought that the
THE PICTURE ILLUSTRATES HOW THE GAMES ARE FIXED! kind of Press Bureau that was set
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up in 1914-a separate and remote department of control-would be a mistake.
The best way would be to take the leaders of the Press into the Government's confidence and to' ap- peal to their sense of patriotic re- sponsibility to do nothing to em- barrass the national effort.
It seemed to him essential that the Press should continue in. war- time, and the.. Government would help newspapers to surmount difficulties arising.
Her father crept towards her..
cinema visits if she down.
would come
Suddenly Ruth cried: "I'm jump-. ing." Her father snatched at her, caught her as she leapt.
Ruth said later that she got her: idea from a film.
HONOUR FOR ROYAL SCOTS GREYS
The King has consented to become Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons).
His Majesty is now the
Sir Samuel was speaking at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Society.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING, 1939.
The Second Day of the above, POSTPONED from Monday, 29th. May, will be held (weather permit ting) on SATURDAY, 3rd. "JUNE, | 1939. The First Bell will be ruity at 1.30 p.m., and the first race will be run at 2.00p.m.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 29th, May, 1989.
Colonel-in- Chief of the Life Guards and the:
(Household. Royal Horse Guards Cavalry) and the two Cavalry Re- giments of the Line to remain horsed! -the Royals and the Greys.
The only mechanised cavalry re- giment to have the King as Colonel- in-Chief is the 11th Hussars (Prin-- ce Albert's Own), This was the first regiment to lose its horses for armoured cars.
The Royal Scots Greys, whose Colonel is Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode, have been in Palestine: for about a year. Nicholas II.,. Emperor of Russia, was, for years before the Great War, Colonel-in- · Chief of the Greys.
Eighteen dollars worth of cloth-- ing was stolen early on Sunday morning from No. 9, Hart Avenue,. residence of Mr. F. M. Wood-- cock.
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