LEGAL AMALGAMATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 10 January 1923, Page 4

LEGAL AMALGAMATION

j TWO OLD ESTABLISHED FIRMS

As will be seen from our advertising columns the legal firms of Messrs Adams and Harley and Messrs Fell and Atkinson have amalgamated, and will in future he known as Messrs Fell and Harley. The old firms were two of the j oldest firms •in New Zealand. Messrs ! Adams and Harley's business was found- | ed prior to 1857 by Mr William Adams, the father of Mr P. B. Adams of this cityv- Later Mr William Adams and Mr Samuel Kingdon entered into partnership and the firm was until 1906 carried on by Mr P. B. Adams and Mr G. J. Harley under the old firm name of Adams and Kingdon. _ In 1906 the firm : name was altered to 'Adams and Harley, and it has been carried on under that name up to the present date. Mr N. P. Adams also joined the firm, and on his subsequent retirement, Mr H. L. Harley joined his father and was in partnership with him at the time of the latter's death. Messrs Fell and Atkinson's business was founded in 1869 by Mr C. Y. Fell, who was later joined' by Mr A. S. Atkinson. After Mr Atkinson's death, Mr Richmond Fell joined his father in the business, and since Mr C. Y. Fell's death, the firm of Messrs Fell and Atkinson has been carried on by him alone. The members of both tlie old firms and their fathers, and grandfathers have been intimately connected with the history of Nelson since its foundation. Mr E. J. Kemnitz, who has been managing clerk for Messrs Fell and Atkinson for the past six and. a half years, has been admitted as a partner of the combined firms.