CORRESPONDENCE

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3098, 12 September 1899, Page 5

CORRESPONDENCE

>« f?<}« .itta-it'lrU**-*- »•'<?<(*{! fin «■>■» jj.n.'"'j •■•1 -*■ , . „ .Aa.tlift^eejexDresßlon ,of_aU v ,Bbades toI .public eplnlpiiis necessary In the interests df Liberty, we V: lreiiwayß-''gf&d'to Inlsert'iiiijrcdrre'spODdencei If -sot of a scurrilous nature; the ' same time, -we do not identify or, hold ourselves responsible .ior ' anything a-p^ai-iner under this column. ' f i, X : {„,....» ! ><-h-'S.MvP. J's.P. y ' "'■■■■;' . To thb Editor. Sra,^From ? a paragraph in your 'issae of """Friday last," which is hot your fcfirst an 4ihes.Bame subject, you appear to grfeatly of the action of the sIXL for the district in allowing fa have, nipre to do than Might not this be viewed from standpoint ? Did the justices of the district get enough to do •under' previous S.Ms.? How many SfiifßS are there in the Bruce County? i list ot them annually in your valupaper,"would be a benefit. One could theirpaste the list on a card and •pick off the names when it was anAqunfced.thiait'they had been on duty. f The pablic would then know which of tliem' upon the position as Jjuffei^-'honOrary. At present from youn<reports it would appear that only t^p, jdv, three consider their appointment -"honorable. If, like borough councillors 'and others serving the publit '^atuituously, local justices were liable to have their positions declared Tacan.t'and, their names deleted from the list; after three (is it?) absences from tne Bench without leave when tjteir turns came, there ! might be more ■who'iwould, -like Messrs Wayne and Brown,"a nd perhaps 'a 'few others ih Milton district, consider the distinction honorable" as "well as honorary. At present the rota of justices seems to be ver^iljaited. * For-aH that there is to do judicially in f a peaceful county like Bruce where the inhabitants believe more" in live and let live than in litigation, if the justices were to show itheir 'appreciation of their honorable position by doing their duty faithfully iri rotation they would gain experience in law and in dispensing justice. The want of this experience is perhaps the chief 'cause of so many beiDg shy of sitting in their turn, and of the kind of contempt that has arisen regarding many of the appointments made. !S T o one learn to swim without trusting himself to the water, lf justices did their 'duty they would also lessen the work of and the need for Stipendiary Magistrates. Then even the effete (?) Department of Justice would widen their jurisdiction or their duties, and cause them to earn their pay, or would curtail the latter according to the duty done. Ido not altogether blame you for what you wrote, for it has called attention to the subject, and, as a little obstruction often gives a new direction to a current, so your remarks may be the beginning of such a reform in- the working of the magisterial *~ system oE New Zealand as may again bring the eyes of the civilized world upon her. With soul bursting with prophetic afflatus. — I am, &c, Fiat Justitia. Milton, 9/9/99.