30 JANUARY 1932, Page 3

The Law Officers Sir Thomas Inskip, . Solicitor-General, :?:as been

ap- pointed Attorney-General, and Sir Boyd Merriman is appointed Solicitor-General, as he was in 1928. Both are admirable men for their offices, but we regret the reasons for Sir William Jowitt's resignation. The Prime Minister made it clear that he wanted him in the House and in the Government, but the officers of the parties could not or would not hind a seat for him as a candidate of the National Party. He has proved himself a good law officer and lived down the prejudice that he excited against himself after the General Election of 1929.

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