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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 154, 28 May 1894, Page 2

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[CsrrApsitXw m t nrit+d mpmm mil swafecU9 but arc tin no* hM omneiim responsible far th* orirtions *4 «mr THE GREAT UNPAID—HOW THEY ARE MADE. To THE EDITOR. Sin,—l notice that a hatch of about I 200 justices are being garetted for the colony, amount whom is one for this district, or. ra.her. town. Now, without saving one word against this new justice as to his qualification* for ths position, why on earth should he hs selected for 'heposition over the heads of half a Mo rn other gentlemen in ths town. who. as old settlers, nr© far mors entitled to ths honor. 1 cannot understand what is ths necessary qualification for a justice. Sir. can you inform me? You will pr bahlv answer in the affirmative and may yes. 1 he only qualification, or t • principal one. necessary, is that he ahould have been either chairman or secretary of cue of ths committe** formed to sscurs ths return of a certain gentleman to the House of Representatives. Then should that gentleman get returned his friend's appointment to the position of a justice is assured. If the foregoing is really not your opimou tin a u is milts and 1 have

BO hesitation in laying that the prineipal of the appointment of juetieee ii rotten to the core. The man has the honor conferred not only for hil worth aa a man hat alio for hia worth at an auctioneering agent.—l am, ate., Resident. fOiir eorreepondent ia evidently amarting odder a feeling of disappointment. Had hia own name appeared in the list the method of disappointment would never have been questioned by him. As far aa the new local justice ia concerned we maintain that in point of worth and qualification the right man has been appointed. Something more ia required than mere vegetation in a town for a term sufficienty long to qualify a mr.n as an “oldest resident."— Ed. H.]