THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (MR E. J. DAVIES): TRIBUTE

Mr Speaker: I am sure that hon. Members would wish to join with me in congratulating the Hon. the Attorney-General on his appointment as Chief Justice of Tanganyika.

Mr Davies has been in this country since 1938, serving in the then Federated Malay States as Deputy and later as Acting Legal Adviser until 1941, when he was appointed Solicitor-General of Singapore.

After the War, on the 1st of April,1946, he was appointed Attorney-General, and in that capacity he has served continuously as a Member of the Singapore Legislature.

He will be leaving us shortly to take up his new post.

Singapore will be losing an Officer who has, in his own sphere, contributed a great deal to her progress.

Tanganyika is fortunate, indeed, to have obtained the services of Mr Davies, and I wish him and Mrs. Davies all happiness in their new life in that country.