PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES
NO CRIMINAL CASES HEARD. (Per Press Association.) GREYMOuTH, Sept. 2. The Supreme Court opened this morning, Mr Justice Northcroft presiding. As there w T ere no criminal cases, the judge was presented with a pair of white gloves His Honor said he thought it important that this presentation ceremony should be observed. He congratulated the West Coast on its freedom from crime. As a West Coaster he was proud that serious crime was always rare in the district.
Divorce, business was taken. Four undefended cases were heard, and a decree nisi granted in each instance.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 275, 2 September 1936, Page 5
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