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Private advice lias been received that j Sir Walter Lawrence Scott C.1.E., ■ 1.C.5., formerly Member of the Reve- , nue Tribunal of Assam. and Lady i Scott will arrive in New Zealand by the Maclsuycker on 13th June for an extended holiday. After a distinguished I career in the Indian Civil Service, Sir Walter Scott retired last April. The | son of the late Mr J. G. Lawrence Scott, ' well-known as the headmaster of the East Christchurch School, Sir Walter ; was born at Rangiora and was educaljed at the East Christchurch School, ! Christ’s College and Canterbury Col- : lege. In preparation for the Indian Civ- ; il Service, be went to England and. afI ter a year at Cambridge, he was posted jto Bakarganj as Assistant Magistrate and Collector in 1904. After service in Bengal, he was transferred to Assam in 1912. Lady Scott, formerly Miss Nicholson, of Nelson, was educated at Nelson Girls College and Victoria College, at which she graduated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 10
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