The Archive · 1937

Hongkong Nurses Win Contest in London

London, May 22, Four young Chinese nurses from Hongkong won the Inter-Imperial Skill Contest organized by the St. John Hospital Ambulance Brigade on the occasion of the Coronation festivites, The Princess Royal who sponsored the contest, to-day expressed her sire to receive the nurses and sec a demonstration of their skill, They Wil also be received by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, The Chinese nurses won ihe contest afer avery close competition with teams from Great Britain, South Africa, Canada, and New Zealand Film actresses were the voluntary Mr. Alan E, L, Charlton, National Conservative Member for Bury, then requested information regarding any results of the appointment of Mr. HW. Mi. Kirkpatrick, representative of the Export Credits Guarantee representative of the Export Credits In reply, Captain D, Euan Wallace, Secretary for Overseas Trade, said that Mr. Kirkpatriek's duties wore to Investigate proposals. for guarantees and to furnish the Overseas Trade Depariment with information which to. base its decisions, The reports related solely to the trans= factions of exporters which were tweeted confidentially, declared Cap tain Wallace, He added that Mr, Kirkpatrick had not been in China long" and "we must give him a

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account