JUSTICES' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18242, 28 November 1924, Page 12

JUSTICES' ASSOCIATION.

MEETING OP EXECUTIVE. n —r4— A meeting of tho cxeoutivp of the Canterbury Justices of the Peqco Association was held last night. Present —Messrs R. C. Bishop (president), H. Herbert Smith, A. Williams, Q. E. Franklin, H. F. Herbert, James Anderson, F. H. Christian, and J. R. Brunt (secretary). Apologies were received from MeEsrs John Clarke, C. H. Gilby, apd W. H. S-eeti,

Coireaponilcnpo was received from Mr I. Salpk, registrar of tho Wellington Association, with roferpnoo to matters relating to the teceiit Dominion cqnforonco. Afv A, ?fijylo¥, ran., CfrcyiiiouUi, wrpta regarding the formation of an Association on tho West Coast;. My S. M. Dixon, wrote eakinpj to be supplied wiili copies 'of the "Notes to sa compiled by My B. W. .Lqke, late Clerk of tha Court, Christchurch. Mr I', X). Renall wrote from ( Blenheim enclosing copy of a report of a4dross delivered that town bv Mr T. B. Maunsell, S.M., "Oflencea Commonly Triable by Justices." Mr Smith, on' behalf of his co-deleftates, Messrs Brunt Wid FranlcUfl, ta tho recent Dominion opnfeypnap,,. 3, comprehensive import pi the proceedings, tey which be was aQcordad a vote of thanks. Jlessrs Brunt and i'vanklin were also for their services. My H. jjniiUi moved th«> following reaoIv^tions: —(a) TWt thfj truster of Juatipe be written to askins him tQ" kindly grant thip Association £5 "worth pf official halfpenny etwnps, ta ha used only far and 03 behalf, pf tho woyk eonWted \vitlj. the Canterbury Jnetipes of the Pepca; (bl that steps lip taken forthwith to form Associations at Timaru, Dunedin, Inverc&reill, Kaikoura, and on the "\Ve«t Coast:, («) that where it is impossible tp form gii Amoci^tion,' byanphes pf flip Canterbury Aasppiation be formed; (d) failing either of the Stiove, tJrnt ivp Justiu«s ||o pelact?d in eaoh tov'n mwt»o??ed. and »'ny other town which way he 4«eift?4 vpon, to act *s deputy lepreaentatives ef the Canterbury Associotior. Mr Heibart said he was pleased that a forward move was being mgfle to advance the progress of the Association.