With effect from today Alexander Charles Meredith, M.C., a banker, becomes Controller of Food, replacing David Locke Newbigging, who's resigned. He'd been acting Food Controller since June 28 during Newbigging's absence from the Colony.
Sources:
Hong Kong Government Gazette, August 15, 1941, 1243
Hong Kong Government Gazette, June 27, 1941, 984
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