WOMAN J.P.
FIRST IN CHRISTCHURCH. By Talesrnph--Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, January 20. For the first time in the history of Christchurch there was a woman Justice of tho Peace on the Bench at the Magistrate’s Court to-day. She. was Mrs D. C. Lamb, wife of Commissioner Lamb, Director of Immigration for tho Salvation Army, who is visiting Christchurch on an Empire tour. When Mr H. A. Young, S.M., took his seat, he was accompanied by Mrs Lamb, and before proceedings started he said Mrs Lamb was a Justice of the Peace in England, and had several years experience as an officer of the King. He had asked her to sit with him, to sec how matters were conducted in this part of the world. Tho visitor took a great interest in tho cases that enmo before the Court and frequently she conversed with the Magistrate.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1926, Page 6
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