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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1974

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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LATE HONG KONG OFFICER

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A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD YESTERDAY AT ST. PETER'S, EATON SQUARE, LONDON, FOR MR. DAVID SELLERS

FORMER ASSISTANT

COMMISSIONER (COMMERCIAL) OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WHO DIED ON APRIL 8 AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.

MRS. LINDLEY SELLERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY

ATTENDED THE SERVICE.

MR. K.M. WILFORD, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, REPRESENTED THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND OTHERS PRESENT INCLUDED MR. DENYS ROBERTS, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND MR. S.T. KIDD, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, AND MRS. KIDD.

THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WAS REPRESENTED BY MR. A.C. STUART AND MR. R.B. CROWSON, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE BY MISS M. J. LACKEY AND MR. C.A. WELCH, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY BY MR. P.W. RIDLEY, MR. D.M.J. GUINNELL AND MISS L.L. LOWNE.

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OTHERS PRESENT INCLUDED LADY JOAN HAYES AND MISS HAYES, MR. AND MRS. A.M.J. WRIGHT, MR. D.S. WHITELEGGE, MR. 1.R. PRICE, MR. D.C. BRAY, MR. AND MRS. T.D. $ORBY, MR. AND MRS. R.C. CLARKE, MR. P.C.M. SEDGWICK, MR. D.C. BARTY, MR, K.S. KINGHORN, MR. AND MRS. s.. RAINBIRD, MR. M.A.R. HERRIES, MR. M. DISERENS, MR. A.T.R. "JACKSON, MR. J.A. SWIRE, MR. J.H. HAMM, HR. E.S. BUSH, MR. F. MCKELLAR, HR. D.E. BROOKS, MR. H.D. MILLER, M.P., MR. E.C. VAN HELDEN AND HR. D.1. GOODCHILD.

.T ALSO AT THE SERVICE WERE A NUMBER OF MR. SELLERS' COLLEAGUES AT THE GUVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON, INCLUDNG MR. S.A. WEBB-JOHNSON, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, MR. E.W.D. GORE, MR. G.G. WHITE, MRY! G.N. VAN LANGENBERG AND MR. R.W.:BOXALL.

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THE SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE VICAR OF ST. PETER'S, THE REN. JOHN GRAHAM, AND THE ADDRESS WAS GIVEN BY THE REV. ALASTAIR TODD. MR. WRIGHT READ THE LESSON.

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