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Law Society Feels Best Men Are Not Chosen DEPARTMENT’S VIEW By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, July 17. Representations have been made t< ino Minister of Justice, the Hou. 11. G. B. Mason, regarding the magistracy oy the New Zealand Law Society. Mi uavid Kerry, a member of the counei. of tho scciety, said to-day that the re presentations related to the selection of men lor magisterial posts, it being felt that the best men were not being, chosen.
The criticism of the society is con tested by the Department of Justice, and the Under secretary, M r B. L. Dal lard, when asked to state his views, said that he thought the criticism of appointments was hardly justified or in good taste. Since 1928 there had been .2 appointments of magistrates, aud oi this number only three were from the department. Without making any invidious comment, he thought it -must be admitted that these three magistrates compared favourably with their broth ers on the Bench in judgment, erudition and human understanding. Two others of the 12 were at one time Clerks of the Court, but each had had a long interval of experience in actual practice before his appointment to the bench.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 183, 18 July 1936, Page 7
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