FEDERAL HIGH COURT
CHIEF JUSTICE RESIGNS. Pres» Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, July 25. The Chief Justice of tho Federal High «,T■,'> ~' e , Ki ° ht Hon - Sir Samuel Gnfnth, P.C., has resigned. rp\ T n am V e T l^ Walkor Griffith, P.C., TnlVn ' a L ; D - is dos cribed in Frod Johns a Annual as tho greatest of living Ai,et ahans Ho was born at Merthyr Kl°r JuDe TT 21 ' 1345 > and was educated "W IO H ° "'as called to tho Quecnen RT^TT 1 1867 ' i" Kl WiUS appointed Q.C. Tfi;* ;• H V vft!l f k,et(:d <*- tl>* Queensland 1872 7 A f f cmb] y '°r East Moreton in Nn 11 n- . afterwai- ds eat for Oxloy and North. Brisbane. Ho was a member of various Ministry* from 1374 till island Cnlonf l qW T h ° lloram ° Premier and saip tin 1838, in which year ho again be- ° f tIW o ?P oaition - From 1899 18ff5 Hll lonT* 3 ! agaln Prcnlicr . and from 189J tll 1903 he was Chief Justice of Queensland In 1887 he represented h» colony at the Colonial Conference in Lon- * j. i- was OTio o{ fche leaders in tho Australian Federal movement! to which ™n-n°m £ co " s P i^ ,ons service until its consummation. On October 5, 1905 ho was |^ o,n ed tho f irst Chief Justice' o! ™ Federal High Court, He was appointed £J ™ P S vy , Co, T cil , in 1901 > ™ d took his toS in Sl° 3 Wh *""** a Visifc t0 En -
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 5
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