DARWIN'S POOH BAH
TWENTY-SEVEN POSITIONS MELBOURNE, Dec. 27 The Pooh Bah of Darwin, Mr. J. W. Nichols, who holds 27 Government- positions in the Northern Territory. spending a well-earned leave in Melbourne. ... Some of Mr. J. W. Nichols' positions are Clerk of Courts at Darwin, Sheriff of the Northern Territory, Public Trustee, Registrar in Bankruptcy, and Public Notary. His other jobs extend from registering births, marriages and deaths to licensing hotels, registering business undertakings, taking aftidcivits, conducting Prize Courts, ana acting as bailiff to enforce decisions of the local court. Even a general election for the House of Representatives can not oe held without his co-operation, because he is returning officer lor the Northern Territory. . . Mr. Nichols is not quite certain ot frbat he does in his spare time. He has been at Darwin since 19'20.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23852, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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136DARWIN'S POOH BAH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23852, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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