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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 201, 18 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

'•MASTERS OF THK BENCH.''

In becoming an hen. Bencher of Gray's Inn recently, Mr. Hughes will rank with an earlier I'rim ■ Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, Sir Edmund Barton, who received l ''i s distinction : n I'.m-i. Sir Wilfrid Laurie--and Mr. Deakin are also among the :V.] Benchers of Gray's Inn. (If the four Inns at Court, Gray's Inn has the smallest number. Bench is. the senior members of the society, superintend and manage the concerns of the Tun, the admission of candidates a - students th,. calling of thimi to th-- Bar, and the exi icise of dise'pl'ne generally over the memlii'i-.-. Th" r more formal designation s "Master", of the Bench. fh ■ presiding or ihief officr is the ir- a<nrer in the case of Cray's Inn, "» r William Patrick Bvrne. IBs Majest;- the King : «= n Belli I; T of Lincoln's Inn : the Duke of ('<■•'- naiiLdil and Prince Arthur are B-uce rs of Gray'- i nn . "(L- cMled me an ;.--! What'l! I d..:-" " Make him prove it."