CHIEF JUDGE IN SAMOA
NEW MAGISTRATE'S POST MR. J. J. MORLING RETURNING [BT TELEGRAPH SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Friday The announcement that Mr. W. C. Harley, of Nelson, whose appointment as a magistrate was gazetted this week, is to he Chief Judge for Western Samoa, was made to-night by the Attorney-General, the Hon. H. G. JR. ■ Mason. It is expected that Mr. Harley will sail for Samoa by the Matua on August 24. The Attorney-General explained that Mr. Harley's appointment was occasioned by the necessity for relieving the present Chief Justice, Mr. J. J. Mor!ing, on account of .alLhealth in his family. It was anticipated that Mr. Morling would take up magisterial • duties on his return to New Zealand. FAREWELL GATHERING MR. HARLEY'S CAREER £BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION*] : •" NELSON, Friday Members of the Nelson Harbour Board and other citizens met to farewell Mr. W. C. Harley, ' who leaves • shortly to lake up his duties as Chief Judge for Western Samoa. Special reference was made to Mr. Harley's scholastic and athletip career, to his war service, and to Ins service on local bodies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23109, 6 August 1938, Page 16
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