FAREWELL DINNER
TRIBUTES TO MR F. K. HUNT, S.M. By leleurapn Haw aaaacl«lion AUCKLAND, December 21. An enthusiastic tribute to the retiring magistrate, Mr F. K. Hunt, was paid at a dinner on Saturday evening, attended by over 130 members of the legal profession, medical officers and others associated with him in his work.
Mr L. K. Munro, president of the Auckland Law Society, proposing the health of the guest, said except for three years when stationed in Wellington, Mr Hunt, who came originally from Christchurch, had sat in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland since 1918, and had become a civic figure with a reputation in and beyond Auckland for correctness of speech, and vigorous commonsense.
Rising to respond, Mr Hunt was given an enthusiastic ovation. A cordial welcome was extended to Mr Hunt’s successor, Mr C. R, Orr Walker, formerly of Timaru.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20607, 22 December 1936, Page 13
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143FAREWELL DINNER Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20607, 22 December 1936, Page 13
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