Judge Luxford to Leave Samoa
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From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, August 4.
IT is announced by the Administration that Chief Judge Luxford. whose term of office has expired, will leave Samoa by the September “Maui Pomare.” He has been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate for the Thames District of New Zealand, in place of Mr. P. W. Platts, C.M.G., who has resigned.
The departure of the Judge is generally regretted here. Judge Luxford only lately heard the Nelson case in the High Court of Samoa, and the fairness with which he dealt with the accused and the latitude he granted to him in his defence was gener ally commented on.
Judge Luxford has been one of the few high officials who have taken great in terest in Samoan folklore and history and he also spoke the Samoan language. He had studied deeply the very intricate ques tions of Samoan laws under different governments and some of his judgments in land claims reaching back to the old times are extremely interesting to read.
Judge Luxford has just recently com pleted a book on the old legends of Samoa and on Samoa under the German Govern ment. The book will be ready for the pub lisher shortly.