London, Sept. 11, 'The Government has appointed Sir Henry Gollan, Chief Justice of Hongkong, as its representative on the public' judicial inquiry ffto the Shanghai riot of May 30—Reuter.
Sir Henry Gollan, who was born in Chile in 1868, was the son of the late Sir Alexander Gollan, He was educated at Chatterhouse and Edinburgh versity, and was called to the Bar in 1891, going on the Northern Circuit.' He then practised in London until 1899 when he became. private Secretary to Sir Frederick Lugard, with whom he proceeded to Northern Nigeria. He became, Attorney-General there and was afterwards Chief Justice, In 1904 was transferred to" Bermuda where he was Chief Justice and President of the Legislative Council, and then between 1911 and 1918, was Attorney-General for Trinidad. In that year he was appointed Attorney-General for Ceylon, and. recently became Chief Justice of Hongkong.
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