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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Legal

Legal.

The Warden's Court and Magistrate's Court are conducted in the Courthouse, Hospital Street, Greymouth. The building, which was erected in the year 1876, is of wood and iron, and contains a court room, a public office, and offices for the judge, the magistrate, and the clerks. The District Court sits quarterly, the Warden's Court fortnightly, the Magistrate's Court weekly, and the Police Court as required. The Magistrate rerides at Greymouth, and holds regular sittings at Brunnerton, Ahaura, Reefton, Lyell, Murchison, Westport, and Charleston. Municipal by-law and petty cases are taken by Justices of the Peace during the absence of the Magistrate. The district is one of the largest in New Zealand, and difficult to supervise, as its scattered settlements necessitate constant travelling. Formerly it was divided into two districts, each having its own Magistrate. Mr. W. R. Haselden is District Judge, Mr. G. W. K. Kenrick, Warden and Stipendiary Magistrate, and Mr. B. Harper, Clerk of Court.

Mr. W. G. K. Kenrick was appointed Warden and Stipendiary Magistrate for the district of Grey, on the 1st of February, 1904. He practised his profession as a solicitor on the Auckland goldfields for some years before he received his present appointment. Mr. Kenrick resides in Greymouth, and holds courts at Westport, Reefton, Lyell, Charleston, and Ahaura.

Coates, Thomas Eldon, Solitor. Mackay Street, Greymouth. Established in 1896. Bankers, Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. P.O. Box I. Private address, Alexander Street. Mr. Coates's business connection extends from Ahaura to Kumara. Mr. Coates, who was born in Greymouth in the year 1868, is a son of Mr. W. J. Coates, and received his education at Christ's College, Christchurch. He was articled to Messrs Guinness and Kitchingham, with whom he served four years. Subsequently, he was engaged in farming, but he returned to the profession, and having passed his examinations in 1895, he set up in business in Mackay Street.

Harper, Arthur P., Barrister and Solicitor, Mackay Street, Greymouth. This practice was established in the year 1903 by Mr. Harper, who was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and subsequently graduated B.A. at Oxford University. In 1888 Mr. Harper was called to the English Bar, at the Inner Temple, London, and shortly afterwards returned to New Zealand. In 1892, he again visited page 564 London on business in connection with the flotation of the Blackball Coal Company and other matters. After his return to the colony he explored the Southern Alps in South Westland for three years, for the New Zealand Government, a history of his explorations having been published under the name of “Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand” (Fisher Unwin, 1896). During the Midland Railway Arbitration Mr. Harper was employed by the Midland Railway Company to report on the timber and gold reserves of the West Coast. In
Ring, photo. Mr. A. P. Harper.

Ring, photo. Mr. A. P. Harper.

the year 1896, he commenced to practise his profession at the Thames, Auckland, where he continued until the middle of 1900. Mr. Harper then removed to Christchurch, where he was engaged in business for some time. Subsequently, he again went to England, on behalf of a Wellington syndicate. Mr. Harper returned to New Zealand, and settled at Greymouth in the year 1903. He is representative for Messrs Park and Basley, Patent Agents, the Equitable Life Association of the United States of America, and the New Zealand Retailers' Protection Association.