Cook Islands R.A.
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Appointment to Aitutaki
From Our Own Correspondent
Rarotonga. Feb. 5.
THE appointment of Mr. Alan Victor Penberthy Ford, barrister and solici tor, of Rotorua. New Zealand, as Resident of Aitutaki. Cook Group, has been made by the Public Service Com missioners.
Mr. Ford has had a wide experience of Native Land Court advocacy and prac tice. He joined the Native Department in 1913 and, later, entered the legal of fice of Messrs. Earl & Kent, barristers and solicitors, of Auckland, specialising in Native Land Court practice. Later he practised in Rotorua for 20 years as a native land conveyancing specialist.
It is understood that there were aver 50 applicants for this position, Including a number of local residents.