At 2 am. on December:12, witness continued, the children of the Chinese landlord of the apartment occupied by deceased told him that Levy had died. After enquiries he reported the matter to Sinza Police station.
Others attending the ceremony were: Mr. Victor Priestwood, Crown Advocate; Mr. I Acting Registrar, Mr.
Chief and the follo ihe Bar, Mess Reader Harris, Watkin Williams, J. McNeill McDonald, J. R. Jones, K. E.
IL A. Reeks, and L. E. Hartop] pr riting the American Judge C. S. F: in and Evans.
Addressing the assem! mained standing the "An English Gentleman"
Mr. Crown Advocate and Gentle-mel Before proceeding with the business of the Court this morning it is fitting that I should make reference to the sad loss which each one of us has sustained in the lamented death on Wednesday last of Harold Browett, the senior member of the Bar of thi Court. Browett was admitted to practice in this Court on September 26, 1887, and he continued a ely in practice here for a period of over 51 years. His was the thirtieth name to appear upon the Roll of Legal Prac-titieners when he signed it, and it is of interest to note that since that time no less than 148 further names have been added thereto.
I first met Browett when I arrived In China nearly 30 years ago, and throughout those years it as an honour as well as a pleasure to me to enjoy his friendship. He may be described, fairly, I thi as a ty solicitor of the o! I—a good learned lawyer, most competent, painstaking and conscientious in any work that he took in hand, and at all times thoroughly helpful and reliable, whether regarded from the point of view of the Bench, his colleagues at the Bar, or the clients whose interests he so. ably served. Added to this Browett was possessed of a very generous and kindly nature, and I think it can be said with great truth that in no genuine case of di: tress was his assistance to his fellow men ever refused.
He lived and died, an English gentleman. is for all these great qualities in hinKthat we, his personal friends and colleagues in the profession of the law, now mourn his loss and desire to pay tribute: to his memory—a memory, I feel sure, that will long remain with us. To Mrs. Browett I extend, on behalf of the Judges and the staff of this Court. the deepest sympathy in her bereavement Berlin, Dec. 16.
A Foreign Office official here. yes terday categorically disavowed the knowledge that German and Austrian domestic servants would be recalled from Great Britain.
The official said: "Absolutely nothing is known here on the sub-jo It mey be recalled, however, that a German official in a recent speech declared that the authorities had decided next year to extend to young women the obligation to work for one year for the state owing to a shortage of labour in Germany.
A half a million youbx women, he said, might be conscripted for work where it was most needed, notably in Tsang Suh Pen, the landlord, stated that deceased had lived at 815 Avenue Road for about four years a small room on the first month ago he had gone to the Jewish Hospital near Seymour Road and a week before he died he had complained that he was feeling unwell.
On the night of December 10 deceased borrowed a dollar from witness' wife and sent the children out to buy some brandy which they purchased at 691 Avenue Road. At 1 am. on the morning of December 12 deceased witness was checking some books in his room when he heard a noise from above.
Opening Levy's room he discovered that he was lying halfway out of bed with his head hanging dev towards the floor with a tumbler in his hand. As witness put him back on the bed the tumbler fell to; the floor and broke. As he looked to be unconscious witness left the room, returning about ten minutes later to find that deceased did not answer to his name. He immediately sent his children to Mr. Moalem. agriculture.
An earlier report from London stated that all German and Austrian women working as domestic servants in Great Britain were "strongly urged" by Berlin to return to Germany by next spring. This intimation, the) report continued, would affect roughly 20,000 women.
It was stated that the reason for the recoil was that servant shortage had become acute, especially in north For
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