IN PRIVY COUNCIL
Distinction for Young New Zealander ■ To be briefed as junior counsel in the Privy Council* the highest Court xn the British Bmpire, in his first appearantie ah a barrister has been the good fortune Of Mr, Lester F. Moller, B.O.L. (OAon), LL.B. (N.Z.), a Dunedin Ehodes Scholar, tvlio is still studying at Oxford Tiniversity. The case in Which ke appe&red was the appeal of the Mount Albert BofOUgh Uouncil, Auokrand) from the decisiou of the New Zealand Court oi Appeal in favour of the Austvalasiaii Temperhnce and Geiierai Life AssociatiOfl, It affects at least 23 local bodies,- aiid considerably more than 21,000)000 of lebt, When Mr. john O'Shea, of Wellington. reached London he briefed Mr. Moller, who fecently obtained the degree of Bachelor of Common Law with uistinction, as his junior, Mr, Moller has had a distinguished scholastie career. He obtained his Bachelor degiee in two years, as against the thfee jears usually occupied, and is continuing Under his thild year Of a Ehodes scnolarship to study for the higher dO' groe of Doctor of Laws.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 190, 28 August 1937, Page 14
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