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Deputy Director of the Tea Research Institute of East Africa and four years later
succeeded to the Directorship, a post he held until 1961.
Dr. Child, who is 61, belongs to numerous learned societies. In addition to being a
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, he is a life member of the Chemical
Society and the Society of Chemical Industry. He also belongs to the American
Chemical Society, was a founder member of the Chemical Society of Ceylon and its
president from 1944-1946. The following year Dr. Child was the president of the
physical sciences section of the Ceylon Association of Science and became the 1956
and 1957 chairman of the East Africa local section of the Royal Institute of
Chemistry.

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Sat 24 Oct
MUSIC CLUB
At the October meeting of the Music Club members heard a music and verse recital
given by Anthony Hill and Oliver Cox. Their programme included items by Chopin,
Bartok and Tennyson and original works by both artists and two poems by T.S. Elliot
set to music by Mr. Hill.

MISSION FESTIVAL
A special festival was held at All Saints Church, Wokingham, on Wednesday as part
of the Sonning Deanery Mission Festival. The preacher was the Rev. P. Burns, a New
Zealander. The service was followed by a meeting in the church house at which a
film, “Journey into India” was shown.

FIRST AID
Wokingham Civil Defence workers who had successfully completed first-aid
courses were presented with medallions and certificates at the training headquarters,
Denmark Street, Wokingham, on Thursday, by Ald. Miss D.M. Finch.

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Sat 7 Nov
TOWN CRIER
Tuesday’s meeting of the Wokingham Town Council’s General Purposes
Committee gave approval to a suggestion that a town crier should be appointed. The
proposal came from Cllr. E.J. West who pointed out that it was four and a half years
since Wokingham had a town crier. The Establishment Committee is to discuss the
matter.

NEW OFFICERS
People who hunt animals in order to kill them were strongly criticised at the annual
meeting of the Wokingham and District Society Against Cruel Sports, at Wokingham
Town Hall on Monday. Officers elected: Chairman, Miss M. Cole; secretary, Mrs.
N.E. Whiting; treasurer, Mrs. J. Wade.

INFORMATION SESSION
Further details of the proposals concerning the redevelopment of the centre of
Wokingham were available to the public when officials of the County Planning
Department held an “information session” in the Wokingham Town Hall on
Wednesday.

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