A WOMAN CHOOSES.
Mr Caleb Morris, until recently a sergeant in the Glamorgan constabulary at Aberdare, has been chosen Mayor of Newport, Pembrokeshire, and he was selected by a woman, who is Lord Marcher of the Barony of Kernes. This is the first occasion for many centuries that a woman has chosen a Mayor. It is seldom that one person has that privilege in these days, but the woman in this case happens to be Mrs Nesta AVitliington, the only remaining Lord Marcher in the British Isles. A thousand years ago when Wales was being invaded, lord marchers were given land and rights in order to help to conquer the country, and from that time the Lord Marcher of the Barony of Kernes has ruled justly and never abused tlie rights, so that no demands liave arisen for the abolition of the rights.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12537, 2 January 1934, Page 2
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