A MILD PROTEST

Grey River Argus, 31 July 1940, Page 8

A MILD PROTEST

COMPENSATION COURT. WELLINGTON, July 30. “One has to accept these difficulties arising in times like the present, but I do think I am entitled to a ’mild protest, for the first time since I have been on the Bench, for I have never complained before about adjournments,” said Mr Justice O’Regan in the Compensation Court to-day, when a case in which Mr W. H. Cunningham was to have appeared had to be adjourned because counsel had been called up for military service at short notice.

After Mr W. R. Birks had explained the reason for Mr Cunningham’s inability to attend, His Honour pointed out that the Court had made fixtures on July 1 and July 12. “Personally, I have done my level best not to keep anyone waiting,” he said. “I have worked every Saturday since I have been in Wellington, preparing judgments, in order to keep the work in hand. I was here this morning at 10 o’clock to take this lease, and after three-quarters of an hour I am told it is impossible to go on. It is not a very desirable state of affairs, and I think I am entitled to protest against it with a view to preventing its recurrence.”