ARE OUR JUDGES UNDERPAID?
It is reported that the Government intends introducing an amendment to the Judicature Act this sesswßi, making provision for an increase in the salaries of our Supreme Court Judges. It is proposed that the salary of the Chief Justice shall be increased'from: £2OOO to £2500 per year, and that of the Puisne Judge** Sum £IBBO to £2OOO. The excuse that will be ofr fered for the increase will probably be that several of (ihe Judges, who are advanced in years,, are about to be retired, And that it Will be rapessible to fill their posttiiwiV from the ranks of the higher class of Iqgal iamina rie s unless, the salaries -a»w increased- .'For -ourselves,,-we - dw -iMt" consider, this excu&e sufficient. Only recently a; King'®,Counsel' accepted 1 &■" portfolio "in the' Cabinet that carries a salary of : £iOQO per annum; The .Prime.-Minister himself' receives v ohry::: £ISOO per year. :? mjjfet' of whoflrare taken from' the legal ranks, have to be satisfied' with £SOO and £6OO. We db not consider that the finances of the country warrant the proposed increase' in. the salariea of Judges. , Nor do we think that much difficulty would be experienced in finding suitable men to fill the places of the retiring Judges a,i the present salaries.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 June 1913, Page 4
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212ARE OUR JUDGES UNDERPAID? Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 June 1913, Page 4
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