66703-1920-Applications-for-the-British-War-Medal-and-the-Mercantile-Marine-War-Medal — Page 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETT, JULY 30, 1920.

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APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 408. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint His Honour Mr. SKINNER TURNER, a Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China, to be a Member of the Full Court of Hongkong for the Session commencing on or about the 3rd August, 1920.

28th July, 1920.

No. 409. It is hereby notified that during the absence on leave of Mr. ARNE SCHOU SORENSEN, Consul for Norway in Hongkong, Mr. SVERRE BERG will be Acting Consul in charge of the Norwegian Consulate.

30th July, 1920.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 410.-His Excellency the Governor has received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that the ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Austria was signed in Paris on Friday, the 16th July, 1920, and that an Order of His Majesty the King in Council was issued on the 22nd July, 1920, ordering that the 16th July, 1920, shall be treated as the date of the termination of war between His Majesty and Austria.

No. 411. It is hereby notified that applications for the British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine War Medal will be received at the Mercantile Marine Office from all members of the British Mercantile Marine, whether British subjects or not, who are now resident in this Colony.

The British War Medal will be granted to applicants who have served at sea on Board of Trade articles for six months between the 4th August, 1914, and the 11th November, 1918.

The Mercantile Marine War Medal will be granted to applicants who during the six months referred to above have served at sea on a voyage through the danger zone, i.e., on a ship which has entered or cleared a United Kingdom, French or Mediterranean port.

Applications should be sent to the Mercantile Marine Office whether the ship on which the applicant served is registered in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and whether the service for which the application is made was performed in the waters. around the United Kingdom or elsewhere. Similarly, applications in regard to service in the waters of this Colony or elsewhere, if the applicant is now resident in the United Kingdom should be made to the nearest Mercantile Marine Office in the United Kingdom. Service on vessels engaged in purely coastal trade does not qualify for the award of these medals.

A further notice has been issued by the Board of Trade which includes in danger zone voyages any voyage made in the Japan Sea or Yellow Sea from the 4th August to the 7th November, 1914, and any voyage made between Singapore and Hongkong from the 18th January, 1917, to the 11th November, 1918. Further particulars will be issued later.

Application forms may be obtained at the Mercantile Marine Office.

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