A VISITOR FROM HONOLULU

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21239, 10 August 1934, Page 3

A VISITOR FROM HONOLULU

PRAISE FOR TOURIST SERVICE

DOMINION SAID TO BE WEI,£ j ADVERTISED • A Honolulu visitor to New Zealand, j Judge F. S. Schnack, has nothing but. i praise for the service given to his, ; party by the New Zealand Tourist ■ Department. Mr Schnack is one of • the district magistrates of Honolulu, j and is travelling through New Zealand with his wife and family. Last evening, in an interview with a representative of "The Press," he said that one of the principal impressions of his visit to the Dominion was.&er-V) efficient way in which the tourist d - partment had managed his trip and placed at his disposal all the facilities for an enjoyable holiday. "We have all been greatly pleased, v with the attention given to us by the " " officers of the department," Mr Schnack said. "We have nothing like it in the United States. There is no .. w state tourist service in any of the big centres, and very little is done . by private enterprise. For this reason- »* the organisation and work of the department here are a pleasant surprise to visitors from America."

New Zealand was very effectively advertised in several ways in Honolulu, said Mr Schnack, and that probably accounted for the increased, tourist traffic from the Pacific Island to the Dominion. Recently there had been a fairly steady flow of Honolulu visitors to New Zealand, and ' their praise of the country had been "an important factor in interesting others. The conference of tourist organisations held periodically in Honolulu and the contact between the two places through the medium of overseas vessels also spread knowledge about New Zealand in Honolulu. Legal Procedure Mr Schnack has naturally been interested in legal procedure both in Australia and New Zealand. In Sydney, observing a criminal trial, he was impressed with the rapidity with which the case was gone through. Procedure in Australia and New Zealand differed from that of the States, mainly in that there was more delay in American law, he said. "I do not know why—whether it is thai there are more cases to try, or whether there is more procrastination. But we do seem in the States to give too much liberty in our procedure, particularly in allowing frequent and long postponements." New Zealand scenery had greatly impressed his family, but no place more than the glaciers of South Westland, Mr Schnack said. In the south there had been noticed a remarkably similarity in the dense and variously coloured vegetation of the West . Coast bush, and that of Honolulu; but' the glacier, crawling through thick vegetation to such a low altitude, had been entirely novel and interesting. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ♦ LECTURE BY MR A. C. BRASSINGTON Various aspects of administrative law, as affecting the relations between state departments and individuals, were discussed last evening by Mr A. C. Brassington in a lecture to the Public Administration Society. Mr Brassington outlined the condition of administrative, law in France. In that country, he said, there was a specially constituted council of state, which dealt with legal actions arising between state departments and individuals, deciding the extent of the liability of the departments. It was clear that the French council of state did much to protect the individual, and the department official in the execution of his duties. But such acouncil would not be suitable to New Zealand. 'ln France there were special tribunals to deal with disputes involving public servants, whereas in New Zealand and England all individuals, whether public servants or not, came under the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts. i ; Mr Brassington quoted several au-. thorities on administrative law, illustrating its operation in New' Zealand by quotations from the law reports. He gave various instances of powers of decision being given to administrative officers, which in many people's minds belonged rightly to the Supreme Court. The delegation of powers such as these to government departments had been given serious attention by judges In various decisions in the courts.

.It was premature to advocate the establishment in New Zealand of special tribunals to protect the subject from departmental action. Although the study of administrative law was important in New Zeaiand, it was not urgent. It was a matter for the university in collaboration with the legal profession and the administrative authorities, to devise a system whjch "would secure justice for all- patrjes concerned.