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 bv a woman, who is Lord Marcher of the Barony of Kernes. This is the first occasion for many centuries that a woman lias chosen a mayor. It is seldom that one person has that privilege in these days, but tho woman m this case happens to be Mrs. Nesta Withington, 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 the ‘rights, so that no demands have arisen for the abolition of the rights.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18283, 29 December 1933, Page 8
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143A WOMAN CHOOSES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18283, 29 December 1933, Page 8
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