Acting Judge

Mr. Phillip Lewis Griffiths, M.A., LL.B., K.C., who has been appointed to relieve Chief Judge Phillips in New Guinea, when the latter goes on leave shortly, sailed from Sydney for Ra baul, New Guinea, by the “Montoro” on Aug ust 3. Mr. Griffiths was educated in Vic toria, and graduated with first class honours at the Melbourne University, and he received his LL.B. from the University of Tasmania. He was at one time a member of the literary staff of the “Mercury”, at Hobart, Tasmania; and was admitted to the Bar as a legal practi tioner in 1912. He was lecturer in law at the University of Tasmania, until his appointment as Solicitor General of Tasmania in 1930, which position he has held since then.