AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PRISONERS’ DIET. (Australian Press Association) PERTH, April 1. Prisoners in Freemantle Gaol who went on strike last week, have been ordered a diet of bread and water and extra imprisonment. Official information is refused.
AUSTRALIAN CHIEF JUSTICE. RESIGNS POSITION. SYDNEY, A larch 31. Sir Adrian Knox, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia has resigned. > Sir Isaac Isaacs has been appointed to that nost.
Sir Adrian Knox states that having benefited very considerably under the will of an intimate friend, who died recentlv, he has thus become involved in a business carried on in Australia, and the position thus created is incon. patible with the retention of him of any judicial office. Sir Adrian Knox was one of the most intimate friends of the late John Brown (the Newcastle coal magnate).
Prior to his becoming Chief Justi e of tne High Court, Sir Adrian Knox was a prominent figure on the Australian turf For many years he was Chairman of the Australian Jockey - .üb.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1930, Page 5
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