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...circumstances of an examination by police officers at New Scotland Yard of a young woman, aged 22, who is by profession a tester of radio tubes. The motion defining the scope of the Tribunal was drafted jointly by the Attorney General, Sir Thomas Inskip, the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks and Sir John Simon, highest feed British barrister and august Chairman of the Indian Statutory Commission (TIME, Jan. 30). As the Tribunal sat, last week, the small gallery was crammed with smartest folk, including Margot, famed Countess of Oxford and Asquith. In the House of Commons Right Honorable Members...
...Silently acquiesced, when Home Secretary Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks stated that he had requested the abdicated onetime Crown Prince Carol of Rumania to leave England within five days, on account of the attempt which Carol allegedly made last fortnight (TIME, May 14) to charter two British air liners for a dash to Rumania, with intent to seize the Throne from his six-year-old son, King Mihai...
...oars now being used on lifeboats of the Royal Navy were purchased in the U. S. because prices there were lowest. ¶ Passed through second reading a bill which would make greyhound racing illegal unless licensed by local authorities. Speaking in behalf of the bill, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks revealed that there have been forwarded to him as Home Secretary some 1,600 resolutions adopted by groups opposed to dog racing...
...Scare" was set palpitating in the Commons by Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks, pious and reactionary Home Secretary...
...Stanley Baldwin assured a huge caucus of women at London, last week, that Parliament will shortly enact the long awaited bill extending suffrage downward from women over 30 to young women who have topped 21 (TIME, Feb. 20). Said the Prime Minister, playfully indicating Home Secretary Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks who will pilot the bill: "He is the Joshua who shall lead you into the promised land...