order that his' successor might ac~ jquire experience of conditions in Burma before being called upon to bring. the new Constitution into operation in April 1087, when Burma's status as a separate province take effect. Commander Cochrat selection emphasizes the impending separation for it gives Burma forthe first time a Governor from outside the ranks of the Indian Civil Service.
is the son of Lord Cochrane of (Cults, served in the Royal Navy in the War, winning the DS.. in 1915 Janda bar in 1919, and was Parli mentary. Private Secretary to. Mr. Walter Elliot from 1024 to 1929, when hho represented East Fife. In 1932 he iwas returned for Dumbartonshire in jo by-election to replace It-Colonel G. Them who had accepted the appointment of Judge of the High Court at Allahabad. Mr, Justice 'Them, as he is now, commanded two battalions of the Gordon Hightonde: in the War, winning the DS.O, M.C. and a brevet, and was called to the Scottish Bar' in 1019. Dumbarton-shire is obviously hospitable to dis-LUnguished ex-servicemen and acts as their stepping stone to high office in the East, Commander Cocnrane's appointment necessitates the third by-election in Scotland since the JGeneral Election. There is also another contest pending in Lianelly, where the sitting member Dr. J. Williams, a much respected Labour representative, has died.
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