The Mayor Of Suva.
THE present Mayor of Suva is Coun cillor George Frier Grahame, B.A.,
Ll.B.
He was born in Newcastle, N.S.W., in 1890, and gave early evidence of his scholastic attainments by gaining, in 1902, one of the five State Bursaries of New South Wales for that year. After having been educated at East Maitland High School, he studied at Sydney University, where he graduated as B.A. in 1909 and later, in 1913, gained his LL.B.
He joined the Commonwealth Civil Service as a cadet in the Department of Home Affairs, and subsequently be
came Naval Staff Clerk, Class II., in the Department of Defence.
Attracted by the lure of the tropics, he transferred in 1915 to the service of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, then Sir Bickham Sweet Escott, K.C.M.G. Whilst so serving, he was admitted to the Suva Bar, having been admitted to the N.S.W. Bar in 1918. After a couple of years, he left the Civil Service, and entered into part nership with Mr. (now Sir) Henry Scott, K.C. Later, he decided to put up his own brass plate. He is at present a partner in the firm of Ellis & Grahame, well-known Suva solicitors.
Elected Town Councillor in 1919, his fellow Councillors made him Mayor in December, 1922, and he served as such until his retirement from the Council three years later. However, the siren call of politics proved too much and, after rejoining the Council in 1930, he was last year again elected Mayor of Suva.
His Worship takes a keen interest in Rugby, and still turns out as an umpire from time to time.