VOL II No. 395 SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1946. PRICE 10 Cents A Bird's Eye View by Argus I was told yesterday that doctors contemplate reducing their fees so as to bring sickness within reach of us all. * * * 'There are many vitamins in a tin of pork and beans,' says a doctor. By the time I have opened the tin, the little rascals have eaten nearly all the pork. * * * And then there's the story of a Scot's wife whose doctor told her she needed salt air. When she woke up in the morning her husband was fanning her with a herring. * * * I once took care about my clothes. And thought I was a dandy. But since the market black arose, I'll have to dress like Gandhi. * * * For my lady readers: To keep your youth, don't introduce him to other girls. * * * Some scientists hope to be able to visit the moon in a rocket. That's fine if they don't come back.
CHIEF JUSTICE SIR HENRY BLACKALL TO BE POSTED HERE The announcement was made yesterday that Sir Henry Blackall, Chief Justice of Trinidad, has been appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong. Sir Henry is at present in British Guyana, and it is expected that he will leave for Hong Kong at an early date. Sir Henry William Butler Blackall was born in 1889, the son of the late Mr Henry Blackall, of Garden Hill, County Limerick, a descendant of the ninth Baron Dunboyne. Sir Henry was married in 1934 to Maria, only daughter of Mr D. Severis, at one time a member of the Legislative Council of Nicosia, Cyprus. The new Chief Justice of Hong Kong was educated at Stonyhurst and later Trinity College, Dublin, from which he received his BA and LLB. (1st place). He also obtained first class honours in Modern History and was first prizeman in Roman Law and first prizeman in International Law and Jurisprudence.
Fought with Cheshires Sir Henry had a distinguished record in World War I when he served with the Cheshire Regiment and Royal Air Force. Appointed Crown Counsel in Kenya in 1919, Sir Henry became a member of the Legislative Council there in 1920. In 1923 he was Crown Counsel in Nigeria and was Acting Solicitor-General between 1923 and 1931.
IMPORTERS RUSH TO BUY After many days' weak tendency due to strong demand in Canton and Shanghai for Hong Kong money, the Chinese dollar maintained a more steady tone yesterday on the local Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange closing at $24.50 to NC$10,000, or about NC$413 to $1.
Information from native banking circles in Canton says that for some days there has been strong demand in Canton for Hong Kong money because many firms trading in South and Central China have been buying heavily of foreign goods, for the settlement of which firms in Canton must buy Hong Kong currency.
BABIES' HOME HELPED Recent publicity given to the plight of the Fanling Babies Home has, according to Mrs C M Bird who is in charge of the home, brought instant response in the shape of food and other gifts. Combined with help from the Chinese Relief Department of the Administration and tinned goods from the Red Cross Society this has lightened Mrs Bird's difficult task at the Home.