For some time past considerable congestion has occurred in the work of the Magistrate’s Court in Wellington, and the position is now so bad that it is almost impossible to get a fixture for the hearing of a civil case within less than three months. The delay has caused much inconvenience . both to litigants and to solicitors. This state of affairs is in no way due to the members of the magistracy in Wellington, Mr E. Page and Mr F. W. Stilwell. For a long time they have been working at their fullest capacity, and the pressure of their duties has become so great that not infrequently magistrates have been called from Masterton, Nelson and Timaru to assist them. The trouble is due to the fact that for some time Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., has been absent from the Court doing work on the Royal Commission, and the Government has not appointed anyone to take his place.
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Southland Times, Issue 22333, 26 May 1934, Page 9
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