Fiji

New Chief Justice For Fiji Successor to Sir Owen Corrie

AS announced previously, Si» Owen Corrie, Chief Justice of Fiji, will shortly retire. His successor will be Mr. Claude Ramsay Wilmot Seton. MC. who is at present Chief Justice of Nvasala^d.

Mr. Seton was born in 1833 and was educated at Framlingham College and University College, London; he was called to the Bar at Grey’s. He served in World War I from 1914 to 1920, was wounded, was awarded the Military Cross, and was twice mentioned in desoatches.

He was President of District Courts in Palestine. 1920-1926 and from 1931 to 1935. and Judicial Adviser. Trans-Jordan, from 1926 to 1931. From 1935 to 1941 he was Puisne Judge, Jamaica.

Suva, Oct. 29.

A FULL list of the last Birthday Honours, recently received from Eng land. includes, as a Knight Bache lor. the name of Mr. C. R. W. Seton, new Chief Justice of Fiji.