"RIGHT OFF THE MAP ”

Wairarapa Age, 27 May 1936, Page 5

"RIGHT OFF THE MAP ”

GRIEVANCES AT COUNCIL MEETING. SUPREME COURT SITTINGS. “We have been lowered in the estimation of the whole of New Zealand by that alone,” observed Councillor w. Kemp, when urging at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council that representations be made to the Minister of Justice to have the sittings of the Supreme Court reinstated in Masterton. Councillor Kemp said that litigants were involved in additional expense as a result of having to go to Wellingl.ro to the Supreme Court where "you ore tried by a jury that doesn’t even know you." Councillor A. Rippon also strongly urged that something should be done, but the Mayor, Mr. T. Jordan, after recalling past unsuccessful efforts to have the Court sittings resumed locally, said it was useless taking the matter any further.

That Masterton was right off the map, was a grievance aired by Councillor Kemp, who said that even in the ease of motor ear registrations and radio licences Masterton figures were lumped in with those of Wellington, while towns with populations below that of Masterton were given individually. To say that it was useless go-

ing to the Government about the Supreme Court was all wrong. Surely the Borough Council would carry some weight, Councillor Kemp remarked, adding: "Why, we have the king of Masterton at the council table.”

It was decided that a request be made to the Minister of Justice to have the Supreme Court sittings reinstated in Masterbon.