DOMESTIC COURT CASES.
Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 20 The admission of the general public to Courts in which domestic cases are being heard caused a brisk discussion at the National Council of. Women Conference to-day. The subject was introduced by Miss Kirk, who moved a Wellington remit urging that such Courts be closed to the general public. Miss Melville, of Auckland, said they should be very careful before urging that any Court of J ustice be held to be private.. Publicity was one of the greatest deterrents. Domestic cases included divorce and separation and it would he the greatest mistake to hush such eases up. Except in sensational cases the public were supremely indifferent, and in sensational cases publicity was not altogether undesired. It would be better if the remit applied only to Children’s Courts. Miss Kirk: Well, I must congratulate Auckland on possessing the most uninquisitive public. In “Wellington we suffer very much from idle people who stand at the back of the Court. Girls are often accosted after affiliation cases. The remit was referred back to “Wellington.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 120, 20 April 1934, Page 2
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