JUSTICE AND THE WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 127, 31 May 1941, Page 11

JUSTICE AND THE WAR

In his address at the annual conference of the Federation of New Zealand Justices' Associations the retiring president, Mr. J. M. Jenkins (Timaru), said the inscription on the emblem of office, "Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum" (Let justice be done though the heavens fall) could be taken as indicative of the sincerity of purpose and the determination with which the nation was ■ endowed in the prosecution of the war* Dark days lay ahead, he said, and no good could be gained by blinding themselves" to that fact —might that inscription remind them of what they were prepared to endure in order that justice in the truest and noblest sens' of the word might be done. ■

Wheat growers in the southern half of the North Island are asked, in a statement issued by the Department of Agriculture, to increase the average of between 5000 and 6000 acres grown in recent years, up to from 10,000 to 12,000 acres or more. A decided step in this direction was taken last season, but a further big increase is necessary to reach this objective. "Plenty -of seed wheat is available and manure for wheat growing will be supplied,"'says the statement. "Plans should be made now by each farmer, who can help to select suitable paddocks for wheat growing. Early ploughing, particularly of lea land, and thorough cultivation are advised. There will certainly be some need for organising labour assistance in harvesting the crop in some districts, and this is a. job that can well be tackled by production councils and committees."