THE JUDICIARY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13250, 23 August 1906, Page 5

THE JUDICIARY.

(Per Press Association.)

Wellington, August 22.

The Government's apparent willingness to favourably consider the appointment of a Judge to be solely devoted to the Arbitration Court naturally raises th& quory "whether an extra Judge will bo secured for ordinary work. The opinion of "the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) is that there is ample work even now to justify the appointment of an additional Judge. The Appeal Sittings, he says', take about twelve weeks in tihe year, a 'quarter of every Jiuidge's available time. After allowing for vaca-tdon, etc., this causes other 1 worki to fall behind. Moreover, every seven years each 'Judge is entitled td extended leave of absence, an arrangement which requires an extra ' Judge.