THE NEW MINISTER.
Colonel Albert Pitt, the new Attor-j ney-Generel, was appointed to the :> Legislative Council in June, 1899, j when Msssrs F. 11. Praser and H.I Gourley were also appoin'ed. Colonel j Pi'it is a barrister and eoiieitor, prac- j' tising in Nelson, and has frequently ]i appeared in cases before the Ooutt of,: Appeal in Welliugton. He had long taken an active pirt in pi'itics, haviug;' at one time represented Nelson in the i House of Representatives, while in the ( year 1881 he took part with Mr Sed-ii don in the battle connected with the i .Representation Act—a notable episode i in tfce political history of the colony, I Colonel Pit* has taken an tn'husiastic < share in the v-ilunteer movement in ( this colony, He commanded tho New i Zeahnd Contingent which wsnt to < London for the celebration of tha Dia- ( moni Julsilea of the hto Qjeen Vic- 1 toria. Colonel Pitt was a member of < th.i Po'ice Uoramission in 1898, and I wan chairman of the Federation Com- I mission which tot k eviderca thronph-! out New Zealand and Australia on (he federation question. !
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 199, 24 June 1903, Page 2
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186THE NEW MINISTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 199, 24 June 1903, Page 2
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