A WOMAN JUSTICE
ON THE BENCH IN CHRISTCHURCH
5r leleguaph.—Phess Association Christchurch, January 20. For the fir.V time in the history of Christchurch there was a woman Justice of the Peace on the Bench at the Magistrate’s Court to-day. She was Mrs D C. Lamb, wife of Commissioner Lamb, director of immigration tor the Salvation Army, who is visiting Christchurch on an Empire tour. When Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., took his seat on the Bench, he was accompanied by Mrs. Lamb, and before proceedings started he said that Mrs Lamb'was a Justice of the Peace in England, and had had several years experience as an officer of the King. She had rendered very valuable service and he had asked her to sit with him to see how matters were conducted in this part’of the world. Ihe visitor took a great interest in the cases that came before the Court, and frequently she conversed with the Magistrate.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 99, 21 January 1926, Page 4
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157A WOMAN JUSTICE Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 99, 21 January 1926, Page 4
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