For Cooks
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New High Court Judge
MR. R. V. KAY, of the Maori Affairs Department, Auckland, has been appointed Judge of the High Court and the Native Land Court in the Cook Islands.
Mr. Kay was in W. Samoa be tween 1935 and 1938 as commis sioner of the High Court, Crown Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor. He has since served as assistant solicitor at Lands & Survey Depart ment head office, Wellington, before joining Maori Affairs Department.
Mr. Kay succeeds Judge McCarthy who recent retired, though remain ing a resident in the Cook Islands.
Judge McCarthy has lately been re
lieving in Samoa during the absence on furlough of Judge Marsack, who returned to Samoa by December Tofua.
Nothing’s more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
Franklin P. Jones.