Captain John Jeff Appointed to Post Singapore, May 8.
Captain John Jeff, acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malaya, has been appointed seeretary'to the commission appointed by the British Government Investigate the mul-tsai problem in Hongkong. Captain Jeff speaks Cantonese fluently and has a know-Tedge of other Chinese dialects. He graduated in law at Glasgow University.
The commission arrives here in the O. s, Ranpura to-morrow and due in Hongkong about May 10. comprises Sir Wilfred Wood, Miss Edith Pleton-Turbervill, and Mr. C. A. Wilks.
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