THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 17, 1939.
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No. 210.-The Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve the appointment of Lieutenant-Commander WILFRID HUGH LANE HARRISON, R.N. (Retd.), to be Superintendent of Hong Kong Prison, with effect from the 23rd February, 1939, inclusive.
Lieutenant-Commander WILFRID HUGH LANE HARRISON arrived in the Colony and assumed duty on the 15th March, 1939.
16th March, 1939.
No. 211.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
It is hereby notified that the Convention between the United Kingdom and Greece regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters, which was signed at London on the 27th February, 1936, has been extended to this Colony as from the 19th January, 1939.
A copy of the Convention may be seen on application at this office.
17th March, 1939.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
THE MAGISTRACY.
No. 212.-By Command of His Excellency the Governor, and pursuant to Section 10 of the Liquors Ordinance of 1931, an Election by the Justices of the Peace of a Justice of the Peace to serve on the Licensing Board, vice Mr. GEOFFREY SAMUEL ARCHBUTT, J.P., who is absent from the Colony on long leave, will take place in the Council Chamber of the Urban Council on Tuesday, the 4th day of April, 1939, com- mencing at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The election will be conducted in accordance with the Rules set forth in Government Notification No. 415 of Government Gazette No. 27 of 16th June, 1933.
Forms of nomination may be obtained at the Magistracy, Victoria, Hong Kong.
Every nomination must be delivered to the undersigned not less than six clear days before the day fixed for the election.
The only persons entitled to vote at the election are the unofficial Justices of the Peace.
Voting will commence at 4 p.m. and continue until 6 p.m. when the ballot-box will be closed.
R. A. D. FORREST,
17th March, 1939.
First Police Magistrate.
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