THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 2

THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.

The Lyttollon Times, although a Ministerial journal, doos not at all relish tho idea of £ir Patriok Buokley as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It advances many cogent reasons why suoh an appointment is undesirable. It does more than that, however, and without as good reasons it asks —" Is there any real neoessity for filling the vacancy caused by Mr. Justioi Biohmond's death ? " It then proceeds to answer thus in the negative. It contends that four Judges oould do all the work if the Canterbury district were extended 1o inoludo Nelson and Maryborough. It also contends that two Jndgeß are not required in Wellington. Our contemporary is really very ignorant of the nature of tho Supreme Court work. It seems to consider that the chief dnty of a Jndge is to preside in the Courts —oivil and criminal. Any lawyer oould toll it that the balk cf a Judge's work is done out of Court, and does not como prominently before the publio at all. As to Wellington not needing two Judges, we venture, without fear of oontradiction, to say that his Honour the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Richmond have eaoh been for years past aB severely worked as any Judge on the Bench. Wellington is becoming a legal centre, as it is already the political and oommeroial centra of the oolony. Within the last twelve months quite a number of legal firms from the North and South have recognised this faot by establishing brandies of their business here. It is absolutely impossible for any one Judge to overtake the business of the Wellington district. There is ample work here to keep two Jndges fnlly employed. Neither the Chief Justice nor Mr. Justioe Biohtnond has had a sinecure. Already, although it is not quito a month since Mr. Justioe Richmond eat on the Bench, there are alarming aooumulations of work in the Supreme Court horo, and considerable inconvenience is being experienced by members of the profession and their clients, at there being only one Judge. Apart altogether from local considerations, it wonld be a moat unwise and improper thing not to appoint a fifth Judge It would shake oonfidenoe in the Court of Appeal. A Court of Appeal consisting of four Judges only wonld not be a tribunal which would command entire respeot.' In mos r. oases its strength in dealing with any appeal would be reduaed to three; and a Conrt of Appeal so constituted would bnt encourage litigation and resort to a higher tribunal. The Supreme Court Bench as it now eiists is lamentably weak. There is, indeed, only one strong Judge upon the Bench; and in making a new appointment an important consideration should be to strengthen the Conrt of Appeal. We oannot of oourse pretend that the appointment of Sir Patrick Buokley to the Bench wonld do that, even thongh he might fairly well discharge the ordinary duties of a Puisne Judge. For that reason alone, we should regret his appointment. A. strong Judge is wanted on the Bench, and the Government will inour a grave responsibility if it neglects or delays to appoint one. liumonr says the appointment is not to be made until after the session. We protest most strongly against suoh delay. The state of judicial business demands an immediate appointment. Delay can only be desired to Buit politiosl ends, irrespective of the interests of justioe. The administration of justioo should not be made subservient to political purposes. If Buoh a delay as that hinted at takes place, the inevitable and justifiable conclusion will be that Ministers oontemplate suoh a monstrous job in con- \ neation with the appointment that they are { afraid to make known their intentions while Parliament is sitting and they could bo called to aooount in it for their action. : , ', ; 1 . ; ,

On the fourth page we publish our report of Parliament, and also letters to the Editor. The Chief Justioe this morning, on the application of Sir Bobert Stout, granted a rule nisi calling upon Thomas Caatlehow, the missing witness in the infringement of trade-mark oase, which was to have baeu tried at the present or/minal sittings, to show cause why he should not be attachod. As tho supply of pipes for the Petone drainage works has not been coming to hand with sufficient regularity to. enable the contractor to make the best use of his time, the Mayor (Mr. B. O. Kirk) left for Auokland on Tuesday to interview the makers on the subject. * The Appeal Board constituted under the Po3t and Telegraph Department A6t,|1894— • consisting of Mr. J. M'Gowan, Commissioner of Taxes (Chairman), Messrs. W. M'Niokle (representing the Telegraph Branch), F. V. Waters (Postal Branoh), and J. K. Logan (Superintendent of Electric Linos)—ooneluded its sittings to-day. The first meeting took place on the 12th instant. Eighty-one appeals against classification were dealt with. The findings and general report have been forwarded to the Postmaster-General. Wellington investors hare taken a fair share in the mining boom whioh has been going on in Auokland for-the last few weeks. One looal syndicate has seonred a large interest in * pieoe of gronnd known as the Rising Sun, situated at Owharoa, midway between Karsngahake and Waihi, right in the centre of' two properties whiob Mr. Basseli, of Waihi fame, has gone to England to float there There is reported to be a good reef, which gives excellent results on assay. Another property in the same distriot, known as the J. G. Ward, has boon taken up by a syndicate in Wellington and Wanganni. Yesterday afternoon judgment was given by the Stipendiary Magistrate for the plaintiff in the oase G. Winder v. J. Brooks for £1 6s 9d, with oosts 7s, and also for tho plaintiffs for £7 10s, and costs .£2 6s, in the case J. and T. Meek v. E. J.Standen. Mr. Paterson appeared for the plaintiffs. In the oase James Thomson v. F. Urry, a olaim of £SA 10s, interest upon the purchase money of some land at the Upper Hutt, the Slaintiff was nonsuited, with £Z 2s oostß. [r. Jelliooe appeared for the defendant. The Levin milk suppliers have appointed Mr. Snow as 'a delegate to attend the annual general meeting of the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union to be held iv Wellington on 29th instant. The barque Thurso, reoently wreoked at Greymouth, has been sold, with her oar/to, for £90. Th« Master of the Ohiro Benevolent Home desires to thank Mr. Snodgrass for a box of olothing.

In the statement which she left in the bonds of the {fool authorities, Mrs. Dean, the Wilton child • murderess, who was execrated at Inveroargill on Monday, tho 12th met , deolarea that the deaths of the infanta Dorothy Edith Carter and Hornsby ware accidental. The former, she Bays, was " a little vixen," and, before leaving Winton for Gore on the 2nd May, she gave her laudanum to keep her quiet. She had given hor laudanum previously for the same purpose. The ohild was aslaep when the train arrived nt Lumsden, so she laid it on the Beat with a cloak around it. When passing Josephville she fonnd the ohild was dead. She had nob received any money for the oaro of thin child, the only security bring a telegram to the effect that £10 would be payable on the Ist June. She was putting the ohild out to nurse, not because she did not want to register hor house, but because it was too small. The following morning she received the other child from Mrs Hornsby at Milbnrn, and getting oat at Milton by mistako, went into the sheltershed, where, while she was putting together her parcels, the ohild fell off the bench on to the ground, and never moved afterwards. " I know," she says, "that I was the cause of the child Carter's death, that I had given hor an overdose of laudanum, but with no intention of oausing her death, and God knows I have been punished for my negligence. But a hair of the baby Hornsby 's head I never injured. The baby was not ten minutes alive in my oare altogether." She adds that she concocted the story about the bulbs because it was the only feasible lie she oould invent for tho woight of tho box. SLo buried the bodies in her garden on the Sunday evening. The Dairy Regulations Committee met in the City Counoil Chambers yesterday afternoon. There were present— The Mayor of Wellington (in tho chair), the Mayors of Melro9e and Hutt, Councillors Harris", Fraser, Burridge, and Messrs. E. H. Beere and Cook. The Inspector roported that 149 applications had been received for registration as dairymen, and 50 for registration aa milk vendors. The sub-committee laid on the table a reply to tho Colonial Secretary's letter asking the reasons for the proposed amendments to the Regulations, and tho Town Clerk was direoted to send it on to the Government. In accordance with the recommendation of Mr. C. Hulke, it waa decided to procure one of Xippman and Blain's centrifugal milk-testers. The oommittee resolved to amend olause 40, bo as to firovide that a water-oloset should not be ess than 30ft away from a dairy or oow-Bhed. At the next meeting of the Education Board, Mr. Bradey will move the following resolutions :— l. That in the opinion of the Board, with a view to promote the interests of eduoation, it is advisable that all the important private aobools should have inapootion and examination by Inspectors and 1 examiners the same aB Education Board Schools. 2. That the Board apply to the Minister of Education for the necessary 1 funds to enablo them to engage an additional Inspeotor to carry out the above object. At the monthly meeting of the Newtown School Committee, held last evening, the Chairman (Mr. J. W. Davis) reported that the Education Boatd was tho successful 1 tenderer for the lease of four acres of tho 1 Native Reserve, with frontages to Bintoulstreet and Russell-terrace, upon which it is proposod to build an additional school. 1 The question of planting and fenoing the site was left over for future consideration. 1 Witli referenoe to the steps that are being 1 taken re the introduction of the Irish Scriptural lesson book into the Schools, it was d°oided that as several of the other city 1 school committees had praoticatly agreed 1 with the proposal, the Seoretary be in1 structed to write to the Minister of Edu- ' oation, asking him to receive a deputation i on the matter. It was deoided that the committee will attend a meeting for the 1 purpose of re-forming tho Sohool Com1 mitteea' Association. An assault oasa waa heard at the Magistrate's Court this morning, Win. Wilson charging Henry-Carey with having assaulted him outside the Working Men's Club oa the 1 night of the 11th inst. Mr. Young appeared for Wilson and Mr. Jelliooe for the defendant. For tho prosecution it is alleged that Wilson was coming out of the olub aftor a consort there in company with a woman, I and that Carey, to pay off a grudgo, struck him on the faoe, and also used insulting language to him. Mr. Martin, S M., convicted Carey, and ordered him to pay. the coßt3 incurred, £1 19s. One first offondor wns punished for drunkenness, and James u'Brien. also charged with drunkenness, was remanded in order to allow him to geta ' ship from Wellington. John Lincoln, on remand for having failed to provide for the [ maintenance of his illegitimate child, was remanded to Kuinara. Tho moetings in connection with the Wesleyan Home Mission now being held in this city were continued in the Moiesworth-streot Churoh last evening. The Eev. H. J. Murray ooonpied the chair, and there was a good attendance. The Chairman apologised for the absence of Messrs. Maslin, M H.R., and D. Hall, who were exoeoted to have been present. The Rev. W. Morley addressed the meeting and pointed out tho important of the work. A vote of thanks to Mr. Morley for his oddreas was carried by acclamation. As Arbor Day oocurrd in the holidays, the children of Mount Cook Infant Sohool held thoir Arbor Day yesterday, when thoy planted a fine collection of elms, chestnuts, sycamore, and laburnum trees provided by the committee, and about 40 native trees given by the City Connoil. The pohool gronnd was planted with pines and macro- > oarpa twelve years ago. Some of these trees will be removed aa the English trees grow up. Tho children take great oare of their > playground, and are very proud of the trees. Conrt Sir George Bo wen, A.O P., held its fortnightly meeting on Monday 1 night in the Foresters' Hall, Tory-street, Bro. Kmony, ; 0.X., presiding. A brother in straitened , circumstances was granted relief. Kofceshi ments wore provided by the Chief Bangor. Ono candidate was proposed. The receipts ' of the evening amounted to .£3l. A leofcure "on " John Bunyan" will bo de- , livered by Mr. 0. W. Benbow at the meeting of the Wesleyan Literary and Debating Society to-morrow evening in the Taranakistreet Class-room, Musioal and literary selections will aUo be rendered by Messrs. ; C. J. Hill, A. Watson, and Miss L. Watson. Admission will be free, and the publio are cordially invited to attend. The conceit given in St. Mark's Parochial Boom last evening was well attended. It was opened with a pianoforte bolo by Miss Powell, after whioh three comediettas were capitally, performed by Misses Harmer(3), Powell, Lee, Mitohison, Barnard ; . Masters Powell, Armstrong, Hoy, Jeffrey, and Johnston. There were also songs by Miss J3. Billman. A telegram from Dunedin states that "The Land of the Moa," as performed by Mr. Geo. Leitoh's Dramatic Company, is being well reoeived by the publio there. The Wellington College Old Boys' Association's third annual ball, which took place last night in Thomas' Hall, was in every reapeot thoroughly Buooessful. Thero was an attendance so large that the hall would have been too crowded for donoing had not , abundant roonvbaen provided by the furnishing of a drawing-room and numerous oosy oorners about the building. The walls of the rooms and the staircases were almost covered with nikau palms and ferns, and photographs of past and present boys and masters also ooonpied prominent places. The supper tables were decorated by Mrs. H. S. Had6eld and Miss Tuokey in gold and black, the College colours, and looked particularly effeotive. Miss Tiedeman was the , caterer for an admirable supper, and the i other refreshment room was well managed. 1 The furnishings of the stage and drawingroom were provided by Mr. Kershaw, of the D.I.C. Admirable musio was supplied by King's Band, and danoing was kept np with > vigonr till aftor 2 o'olook this morning. On , their arrival the guests were reoeived by Mr. J. P. Firth, Principal of the College, and Mrs. Firth. The wholo arrangements reflected the greatest credit upon the Hono- : rary Secretaries, Messrs. A. B. Stuart and H. P. Tuokey, and upon thoir hard-working oommittee, consisting of Messrs. M. F. ; Luokie, B. A. Meek. A. Yonng, B. Whitoombe, K. Bechune, and J.'Eose. 1 — n enjoyable oonoert was given to a ' orowded room hut night at the Gallery of Fine Arts by the Wellington Liedertafel. Under the able oonduotorship of Mr. B. Parker the Liedertafel contributed the fol. lowing part-songs t— Kreutzer's "The Sabbath Call," Hartel's "The Miller'sDaughi tsr " (in which Messrs. C. G. Hiokson and A. Gray took the solo puts), " The Troubadours," MahUig's " A Farewell," Werner's i War song, and Adams' "Comrades in , Arms." Mesßrs. T. Tallis Trimnell, Mna. Bao , Oxon., and Gf. and E. S. Kennedy : played an enjoyable trio by Hummel for . piano, violin, and violonoello. Mr S. R. i Kennedy also contributed a violin solo, Mr. Hugh Wriuht sang " Hybrias the Crotan," and Mr. J. H. Owen "A Clown's Song " 1 The solo part of a setting by Mr. £. Parker of the " Skye Boat Song " was taken by Mr. Arthur Clothier, and one of the beat items of the evening was the bolo and ohorna " Spin, Spin," heard for the first time in this oity, Mr. J. Whittall being the soloist. Tho concert was a gre*t suooess, and ths part-songs reneoted oredit upon the members, and , evinoad the oare taken in rehears*l by the honorary oonduotor. A new programme will be presented by the Australian Merrymakers, at the Criterion Theatre, this evening. The matron of the Alexandra Home acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a : sack of oabbages from Mr. Burbidge, Cubastreet. The Home Mission meeting held in the Thorndon We*le;an Churoh laist evening was well attended. The address of tho Organising Seoretary, the Bey. W. Morley, was full of interesting faots in relation to' the work that is being done throughout the oolony. To-night a meeting will beheld in the Taronaki-street Churob, when Mr. Morley and others will give addresses. The Heretaunga Mounted Rifles' annual ball takes place in Thomas' Hall this evening. Several of the offioers of H.M.S. Ringarooma, now in port, are expeoted to ba present. The statement appearing in thia morning's Timei in reference to deoorationß is incorrect. The College Old Boys' decorations ore not to be left standing, as the committee have made arrangements for the hall to be deoorated according to its own design. The Bingaroo Minstrels, of H.M.S. Ringarooma, have arranged to give an entertainment at the Opera House, on Friday evening, on behalf of the widowed mother of Seaman Saoh, who died in ths Wellington Hospital last month. Tho entertainment will be under the patronage of His Exoel- «£? rlBr 18 GowmKi the Promier, the Mayor of Wellington, and the officers of the Bingaroom*. Tenders are invited for the oonstruotion of a concrete water -tack for the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union's factory at Thorndon. The fortnightly meeting of the Knighta.of labour is to be held at 8 o'olook this evening in the Beohabite Hall. A meeting of the Anti-Chinese Leigue will be held in the Exohange Buildings this •vening.

The final meeting of the Ward Reception Committee was not altogether a happy one. Sir Walter Bullet presided, and announced briefly that the whole of the guarantee fund had been called up, amounting to about J8175, and that tv balance of ahout .£SO remained unexpended and would be returned pro rain to guarantors. No detailed balanoe-sheet was submitted. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed with regard to the manner in whioh certain things oonnected with ihe demonstration had been managed, and eotno reorimination took plaae. An attempt was afterwards made to oontinue the committeo as a Seddon Testimonial Committee, but while a medical gentleman who has good reason to admire the Premier was eloquently expatiating on Mr Seddon's merits, a number of those present got np and left the room. The proceedings terminated in rather a confused and unsatisfactory manner. The Hon. F. Blake, the Canadian statesman, now a member of the Irish Party in the English House of Commons, has been appointed Umpire in the Midland Bailway arbitration. The members of the Westport Harbour Board depntat ; on expeot that the result of thoir recent interviews with Ministers will be a saving of £1750 a year in interest on the Government advances, and a possible advanoe of .£SOOO to temporarily oomplete tho training-wall, whioh the Treasurer is to recommend to Cabinet. Mr. Wearne, formerly manager of the New Zealand Antimony Company's mine at Endeavour Inlet, has been instructed by the City Council to furnish a report upon the gold discovery on the Karori Waterworks Reserve. The quarterly summoned meeting of the Excelsior Lodge of Druids was held last evening, Bro. W. A. Bitson, A.D., in the chair. A speoial summoned meeting was ordered for the 3rd prox., to consider the oase of an expelled member. A letter re pnrohaso of a hall was referred to the Purchasing Committeo. A long programme of songs and reoitations was gone through, refreshments being handed round by the Bards. During an interval in the oonoert, Bro T. Boon, D.P., presented Bro. M. J. Donnelly, P. A , with a gold band ring, as a souvenir of his services at the last two ealaß and in the oause of Drnidism generally. The Amusement Committee reported that everything was in readiness for the " sooial " on the 28th inßt. -The reoeipts for the evening amounted to over .£IOO. M. de Mey d! Alkemade, formerly Instructor in_ Calisthunios to the Wellington Education Board, has scoured an aprjoint"ment under the Wanganni Board at % salary of .£3OO a year, with .£2O travelling allow, ance. The se-ond rehearsal of Mr. Manghan Barnett's Musioal Society — which now numbers 220 voices -will be held in St. John's Sohoolroom to-morrow night, sopranos and oontrdltos at 7.30, and the full ohorus at 8 o'olook. Intending members who have not yet enrolled their names oan do so at the praotioe. A social gathering has been arranged by the Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Union for Friday evening, in aid of Mr. Noon, one of its members, who has been disabled for the last six months. Influential patronage has been secured. Volnnteers who intend to be present at the Wellington Naval Artillery's " soo'al " in Thomas' Hall to-morrow are requested to appear in uniform. A sale of drapery, ie, of speoial importance, commences to-morrow at Job. E, Llndberg's cboap drapery mart, Cuba-street. Aler. Murray and J. J. Casay, drapers nnd outfitters, of Cub.i-strf et, hitherto trading as Murray and Casey, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Casey will carry on the business, under the style of J. J. Case; trad Co. Iv mother ooluron he addresses tho customers of the old firm, soliciting a continuance of their patronage. A. G. Tniae and Co. advertise particulars of their weekly (Friday) furniture sale, and blbo scecial entries of pictures and books and fire sewing machines. P. H. "Wood will soil on Saturday next, at Featherston, by order of the Official Assignee in the estate of C. L. Becker, drapery, boots, clock*, watches, &c., and two horses. There will be no reserve. Ueorffo Thomas ana Co. will sell to-morrow, fruit. taory and Co. (Limited) will sell to-morrow, fruit. Towniend and Paul will sell to-morrow, fruit ; flowering plants, sbrubi, &c. i'ranois Bidey and Co. will sell to-morrow, furniture, 4c. At tho conclusion of any great sale such as tho one just closed at Te Aro House there is always left over a heterogeneous collection of odds and ends in every department. In order that these may be disposed of before the opening of the new season, it has been resolved to institute a oheap remnant week at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. Tmsi remnants form as varied an assortment as oan be imagined. In the dress department there are many short lengths of materials whioh offer a splendid opportunity for Beouring a cheap and pretty ohild's dress. The prioes at wbioh these short dress lengths are marked will bo quite the feature of the oheap remnant week at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House. In the carpet room, too, there ore ohances whioh Ehould bo eagerly seized. A number of lengths of floorcloth and linoleum, suitablo for covering various sized rooms, are marked at very low prices. Some of these ara_ four yards wide and some two yards, and the prioes at whioh they are marked should ensure a visit during .the cheap remnant week at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehonse, Te Aro House. — Advt. a doubt one of tho most magnificent displays of Kleotro-plate Goods ever shown in Wellington is being made this week by Messrs. Wilkins & Field. It comprises a complete set of samples (amounting to several hundred pounds) from one of the boat and largest manufacturers in Great Britain. As these goods have been purchased at & heavy discount off English prioeß, they will now be sold «t fully 33 per oent. below their intrinsic value. Inspection i« cordially invited, and we would recommend intending purchasers to oall at an early date, so as to secure the first seleotion. See tho display in the window. — Advt. A Word About Et/caltptus.— A great deal has been Baid and written about the difficulty of procuring " Tho Genuine Article." We wish it to be understood that we have reoeived the highest awards whoreever we have comneted— including the highest award at Chicago Exposition, 1893— beating nine competitors. The leaves of our spocial trees only yield abont six pints of oil from every 10001b weight of pioked leavos, while tho leaves of the common peppermint gum trees and other inferior varieties of Eucalyptus yield from the same quantity of leaves as muoh as 25 pints. For influenza this Extroot is an absolute specifio ; in faot, it aots like magic Try Colomane's EnoalyptUß Lozenges for voioe and throat. Ask for Colemane & Sons' Gold Medal Euoalyptus, and take no other. Sold everywhere. Wholesale Agents — Kempthorne, Prosser * Co., Sharland & Co., and P. Hayman & Co. — Advt.