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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 269, 24 August 1945, Page 2

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Mr P. J. Mowat (president of the Mid-Canterbury Executive of the Farmers’ Union) returned this morning from Wellington, where lie attended the quarterly meeting of the Dominion Executive of the New Zealand Faitners’ Union. Mrs E. Money, of Cameron Street, Ashburton, has received a letter of congratulation from the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones), on behalf of the Government, on her son, Warrant Officer Norman Burnett Money, being Mentioned in Dispatches. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) announced last night that the term of the Chief Justice (the Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Myers) is to be extended for one year. Legislation is necessary to give effect to this decision, and a Bill will be immediately introduced in Parliament. This follows a precedent that' occurred in Canada, where, as in New Zealand, there is a retiring age for judges, but where, upon the attainment of that, age by the chief justice, the occupant -of that position was, by legislation, confirmed in his office for an additional fixed term. —P.A. Air Marshal the Hon. Sir Ralph Cochrane, Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F. Transport Command, arrived at Ohakea yesterday afternoon from Sydney on Transport Command business. He was New Zealand’s first Chief of the Air Staff and played an important part in the development of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He came tt) New Zealand by arrangement between the New Zealand and British Governments in 1936 to advise on air defence, and his recommendations were the basis of the Air Force Act, 1937, and the Air Department Act passed the same year.—P.A.