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I Sir Frederick Darley. ,
The Chief Justice contemplates retiring within a short time from the exalted position ba occupies oo the Bench, andjt is said that be will take up his . residence in the old .country... Re has been Chief Justice for more than 15 years, and ls therefore entitled to a pension. His salary being £3300 a yeur,
his pension will be over £200. Some time ' ago Lady Darley went to England, but at that time it was not expected by anybody outside of the family circle that ber husband Intended following her thiB year. When he leaveB this country he will do so with the consciousness that whilst he has made hosts of friends be has mude very few enemies. Everybody respects - Slr Frederick Darley, and be is one of the finest type of men in the country. There have been abler lawyers on the Bench, but none who possessed a kinder
heart, or maintained the dignity, of the . position tn a greater degree. He ls now 70 years of age, but' he has all the vigour of a healthy man of 50. Anybody who Baw him walking borne from the Court-a distance of two miles-would endorse that statement. He swings along at about four miles an hour, and seems to thoroughly enjoy the exercise. What he thinks of. the young men on the trams that pass by him can easily, be imag- ined. Few of them have his grit, and per-
haps few of them, because they are lazily ' inclined, will attain to his age. Sir Frederick should live as long as the late' Sir. Alf red Stephen did, who was about 00 years of age
when he died. .'.. <.,