RETIREMENT OF JUDGE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 177, 29 July 1932, Page 7

RETIREMENT OF JUDGE

NATIVE LAND COURT SERVICE OF FORTY YEARS AUCKLAND, July 28. The retirement after 40 years’ service of Air. A. G. Holland, a Judge of the Native Land Court, is announced. Mr. Holland, who is the youngest son of tho late Mr. J. J. Holland, a former Mayor of Auckland and member of Parliament for Auckland East, entered the Government service in .1892 as a cadet in the Native Land Court in Auckland. In 1895 he was appointed clerk of the Cou rt. Tn 1906 Air. Holland was appointed registrar of tho Court in Auckland after having acted for two years as-deputy-registrar. Upon the introduc tion of the Native Land Court district scheme in 1910 ho was appointed a Judge, in charge of the WaikatoManiapoto district, and in 1917 he was transferred to the Tokorau, North Auckland, district. He remained in charge there until 1924, when he was transferred to the Waiariki, Rotorua district, where ho has since remained. Air. Holland is a proficient Maori linguist with a wide knowledge of Maori customs and usage. With one exception he. has the longest service of any officer in the Native Affairs Depart ment.