LEGAL AGREEMENT
New South Wales and New Zealand SOLICITOR ADMITTED By Telegraph— Press Assn— Copyright. (Rec. March 18, 8 p.m.) i ■ Sydney, March 13’. Under a reciprocal agreement recently completed between New Zealand and New South Wales, Mr. H. L. S. Havyatt, a New Zealand solicitor, was admitted as a solicitor In the Supreme Court of this State. The Chief Justice, the Hon. Philip Street, expressed gratification that such an arrangement has been made, and congratulated Mr. Havyatt. Mr. F. S. Boyce, late Attorney-Gen-eral, with Mr. McWllliam, the wellknown blind barrister of Sydney, and a native of New Zealand, appeared for Mr.' Havyatt. Mr. Boyce stated that he was the instigator of the movement which led to the agreement under which he was the first one admitted to practise in either country. The New Zealand Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Sidey, and the New Zealand Law Society had been closely associated with the movement Among those present were Mr. M. L. Schmitt, New Zealand Government agent, and Mr. Beattie, president of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Mr. Havyatt served with the New Zealand forces on Gallipoli and in Palestine.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 7
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190LEGAL AGREEMENT Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 7
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