JUDGE OF WESTERN SAMOA
MR H. A. YOUNG APPOINTED Mr H. A. Young has been appointed to act temporarily as Chief Judge of the High Court of Western Samoa and will leave soon to take up his new appointment. In 1942 Mr Young, who was then senior Stipendiary Magistrate in New Zealand, after 38 years' service, retired from the Bench to carry on the legal practice of
his son, Mr R. A. Young, and Mr H. W. Hunter, both of whom were on active service. Mr Young was admitted to the Bar in Westport in 1898, and carried on practice there until 1902, when he was appointed Public Prosecutor in Transvaal, South Africa. For two years he held that position, arid for another five years he was a magistrate. He returned to New Zealand in 1909, and was appointed to the Bench. Before coming to Christchurch Mr Young served in Dunedin, Central Otago, and Hamilton.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24368, 21 September 1944, Page 4
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