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after a four months on

He retired in 1945 on health grounds but was re-appointed

the legal staff

of the

Colonial Office

as Attorney General, Nyasaland, in 1947. In the latest report,

dated March, 1948, he was described as a good Attorney General

of high professional and technical ability, with a particular flair

for judicial work, who had done very well as Acting Chief Justice.

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I shall be grateful to receive your observations by telegraph,

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