It is understood that the Hon. Mr. Justice Feetham is willing to cept the invitation of the Shanghar Municipal Council if the South "African Government permits him.
The Minister of Justice is prepared to recommend that the Government grant permission—Reuter.
The foregoing telegram, Reuter understands, refers to an invitation which the Shanghai Municipal Coun. gil has extended to Judge Richard Feetham, of the Supreme Court of South Africa, to come to Shangh land act temporarily as an exper adviser to the Council in regard to certain municipal problems. arising Out of the present political situation.
Judge Feetham was born in 1875, Being the third son by his second wife of the Rector of Penzose, near Raglan, inthe County of ' Monmouth, Educated at Marlborough "College, of which he became head ey, he won an open exhibition at New College, Oxford, Aftes graduating with honours he was called to the Bar. In 1908 he was appointed deputy Town Clerk and egal adviser of the town council Johannesburg, succeeding to the post of Town Clerk the same Tu this capacity he was largely responsible for framing the municipal constitution of Johannesburg. would be. Professor MacNeil instantly resigned, and "for the moment Ireland was faced by a crisis of extreme danger. On Judge Feetham's advice the British' Government offered to forego its claim to the proportion of the National Tebt due to Great Britain from the: Irish Free State if its Government would accept the old boundary as it stood; and the matter was settled.
this' has lo. Experience In 1926 Judge Feetham was again loaned bythe South African Government to the Imperial, Government to preside over a commission appointed to clear up a dificult, situation in the municipal government of Nairobi in which European, Indian and African interests were; involved, From' the foregoing record it would: seem that Judge Feetham combines a knowledge of municipal administration and of judicial procedure with polit especially in handling the conflict ing interests of
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