CO129-535-1 University of Hong Kong- vacancy for Reader in History 12-5-1931 - 22-3-1932 — Page 13

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and the offers of appointment to

the selected candidates have then

issued from the Colonial Office.

The Office of

3. S. Wees, the Diretor of

Special Enquiries and Reports, wore which is

Department of the Board of Education

concerned, has now represented that

it would be preferable if such vacancies

were referred in future, not to them

, but to the Universities

Bureau of the British Empire, which

n they

suggest is the proper organ for making

these posts known and for interviewing

applicants. Sir Frank Heath, G. B. E. K. C.B.,

himself a former Director of Special

Enquiries and Reports, is the Hon.Director

of the Universities Bureau, and the Right

Hon. Lord Lugard, F. C., G. C. M. C., is a

member representing the Univ. of H. K., which

already contributes to ius funds. It is

understood that the Bureau has undertaken

a considerable amount of recruitment work

for Universities in the Dominions and India,

and that it has acquired a reputation as an

important

the