“ Chief ” Shaw, of Adelaide, whoso Cliristain name is James (but they call him “ Jimmy ”), owns up to being a justice of the peace for South Australia, Western Australia, and New Zealand. He has been Mayor of Adelaide and Coolgardie, and to him is due the excellent laying out of the goldfields city. According to “ Quiz,” the “ Chief ” narrowly escaped being made mayor of a certain New Zealand town, where he is very popular, as, indeed, lie is everywhere. It is understood that the only time that King Dick Seddon does not entirely rule New Zealand is when “Jimmy” is over
there, and then they take an island each. This story is of tho “ ben trovato ” class. Mr James Shaw makes a pretty regular exodus from South Australia when the weather gets too warm there, and he heads straight for Rotorua. They like him well enough up there, but they could hardly make him mayor, even if they wanted to, seeing that there is no bopough.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 135, 18 June 1901, Page 3
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