THE MAGISTRACY
PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICTS MR H. P. LAWRY APPOINTED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 12. Mr H. P Lawry, who has been stipendiary magistrate for the Masterton district, which include. Lower Hutt, Petone a id Upper Hutt, for the past three and a-half years, has been appointed to succeed Mr J L. Stout, S.M., in Palmerston North. The districts have now been rearranged and Mr Lawiy will continue to preside over the Wairarapa courts, working from Palmerston North, where he is to reside. Foxton, Levin and Otaki, which have in the past been handled by the stipendiary magistrate stationed at Palmerston North, will in future be worked from Wellington. The Hutt courts will also be run from Wellington, this being a matter for arrangement between the magistrates there as to who will take the sittings. Mr Lawry will take his first sitting at Palmerston North on June 20.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23499, 13 May 1938, Page 4
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