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...Home Secretary, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks, said: "I believe without exaggeration that the anxiety of the Cabinet over the disasters of the day is greater than during...
...curb. "Jixie! Jixie, sir?" cried the driver. Scandalized, the Carlton's imperious doorman motioned this hawker of transportation to move on, summoned the Home Secretary's motor. Frigid with annoyance, Sir William Joynson-Hicks rolled away. At least he appeared frigid. He is popularly supposed to resent the nickname "Jix" applied to him by vulgar plebs. He is alleged to resent still more the evolution of "Jix" into "jixie," based upon the fact that as Home Secretary he has been obliged to take the responsibility for granting licenses to London's 500 new two-seater cabs...
Among Sir William's closest intimates, however, there lurks the suspicion that his ready wit is tickled by "Jix" and "jixie...
...Lenine. Famed anti-Communist fire-eater, Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks (popularly known as "Jix") declared amid laughter, in answer to a question, that the widow of famed Bolshevist idol Lenine has applied for permission to end her days in England. Said the doughty "Jix," stiffly: "Such an application would be treated on its merits, if presented...