CORRESPONDENCE.
TO THE EDITOR. !?ir — Some time since a petition was sent to the Mini-ter of Justice, aslriiu' that two residents of LnmSdon be appoint-^ Justices of the Peace, and that tney be gazetted a cordinjily In re .1^ to the petition we wen informe th.it hd matter womd be considered ftltai the 18:3 s«H;i m was over, and in c infirnia'i n • f that; assertion Mr Driver, our represent>tive, wired to thu tarns effect. In <ioiumoti justice to the district, hurtlv if Miq Qovernmenl; cm build a court-houi-e and appoint a constable they c>n also appoint a J. P. Under the prei-enfe circunist'noes the coi^table has to leave thu township for nearly a day at a time when he requires tho signature of a Justice of the f eace, wh<ch i may fay i ■ at least three days a week. Tne i onsequQnco is that the towofhipjs without police protection during the time he is aw^y.— l am, &j., J. M. LumEden, February 7.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 13
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165CORRESPONDENCE. Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 13
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