SCOTTISH PEER

Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1932, Page 5

SCOTTISH PEER

LORD SALVESEN, P.C. VISIT TO DOMINION. A distinguished visitor to the Dominion is Lord Salvesen, a Scottish peer, , ■ who, accompanied by Lady Salvesen, arrived by the Rangitane last week. Dur* ing their stay in Wellington Lord an® Lady Salvesen will be guests at Government House. . ' * Lord Salvesen, who is 75 years . w age, has been a member of the Privy, Council for 10 years. Previously he had ’ a long and distinguished career at the Scottish Bar, being a King’s Counsel and at one time Solicitor-General fox Scotland. In 1905 he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Session of Scotland, and at the time of his retirement ; in 1922 he was in charge of the Court In an interview Lord Salvesen said that it was his first visit to New Zealand. As a rule members of his pro* fession seldom were able to take a holi* t day long enough for such a trip. During the past 10 years he had been sitting on the Privy Council from time to time as required, taking part in the hearing oi Colonial appeals as well as Indian appeals, which formed as much as threequarters of the work. There had been a few cases from New Zealand during that period. . Questioned as to the position in Ire* land, Lord Salvesen said that, of course England was standing absolutely find upon her treaty, and he did not think there was the smallest prospect of het giving way on that point, “otherwise wa should certainly be surrendering to bluff. I cannot imagine how, with a treaty under which they were freed from all responsibility ’for war debts and given complete Dominion status, they should not play the whole part of their bargain,” Lord Salvesen remarked. So far as abolishing appeals w the Privy Council was concerned, it was a gesture of independence, an independence which at present none of the Dominions had asked for. They still regarded the Privy Council as the Court of ultimate appeal, and there were occasions when perhaps it was desirable that there should be a review of judgments.