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Entry in the 1941 Juror's List:

Miss Phyllis Finch was born in Sticklepath, Devon, England in 23 Nov 1901 and died there 17 Mar 1976.  7 members of her family were Methodist Ministers and she became a geography teacher and Methodist Missionary to China, teaching mainly in Fatshan School.  She was interned at Stanley Camp as far as I understand though she is not on the list of internees on this site. 

Eric Macnider's diary for 26 Jun 1942 says Mrs Jefford left Stanley Camp that day.

Born into a working-class family in Warrington, Northern England, John Hansbury grew up in grinding poverty among the steel mills of Lancashire (now Cheshire). He had a gift for mathematics, and was able to take advantage of scholarships to get the education necessary to become a draftsman.

I'm researching the life of Henry Elgar.  (See below for background summary.)

The following advertisment appeared in the Melbourne, Australia newspaper The Argus, Thursday 20 Jan 1853:

He is listed in the 1941 Jurors List:

Some background first: He arrived in HK on his own account on 1.1.1867 (story in Social and Personal column, The Straits Times, 10.1.1917). That makes him 23 because he was born in Nairn to a tinsmith called William Smith in 1844. On 11.1.1873 there's a notice in the HK Govt Gazette to the effect that on 31.12.1872 Leopold Frickel had resigned from L Frickel & Co and in his place had come A.F. Smith. The following day a notice from AFS informed the general public that his new partner in L. Frickel & Co was one William Dolan.