RETIREMENT OF MR F. K. HUNT. S.M
* ENTHUSIASTIC TRIBUTES (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, December 21. An enthusiastic tribute to Mr F. K. Hunt S.M., who is retiring from the magistracy, was paid at a dinner on Saturday evening, which was attended by more than 130 members of the legal profession, medical officers, and others associated with him in his work. Mr L. K. Munro, president of the Auckland Law Society, in proposing the toast of the health of the guest, said that except for three years when he was stationed at Wellington. Mr Hunt, who came originally from Christchurch, had sat in the Magistrate's Court at Auckland since 1918 He had become a civic figure with a reputation in and beyond Auckland for correctness of speech and vigorous common sense. On rising to respond, Mr Hunt was given an enthusiastic reception. A cordial welcome was extended to Mr Hunt's successor. Mr C. R. Orr Walker, formerly of Timaru.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21972, 22 December 1936, Page 5
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