The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER.: " NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1889.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11356, 22 January 1889, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle, AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER.: " NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1889.

A Pbess Association telegram informs us that Mr J. E. Denniston, of Dunedin, has been appointed to the vacant seat on the Supreme Court Bench. In selecting Mr Denniston for the position, the Government have oertsinly taken a bold step, but one which we believe time will show to have been a wise one, as Mr Denniston is a very able and painstaking lawyer, and au estimable gentleman in private life. He has been at the bar long enough to make a firat-clasß reputation, and is still in the prime of life. His many friends all over the colony will be pleased at the distinguished position he has Btoadily worked up to, and will watch with interest his future career. Mr Den'niston ia a living example of what steady application and a determination to succeed can accomplish, as he began life as a olerk in the Bank of New South Wales, in whose service he remained some years. He then studied for the law, and paseed all his examinations with credit, and was admitted to the bar, when he joined Mr George Hutchison in partnership and came to Wanganui, where he practised for some lime ; after which he, on the dissolution of partnership, went to Dunedin, where he has since practised; Mr Denniston married a daughter of the late Judge Bathgate- He has never taken a leading part in politics, and has not been chosen for any political reasons, but simply on account of his many sterling qualities. This appointment will not please Judge Ward or his friends, bnt we believe it will prove a wise selection in the longrun. The Government have no doubt strong reasons for ignoring Mr Word's past services and

going beyond'-liinvin this matter, and will be' quito ready to satisfy Parliament when it meets that' in parsing over Mr Ward they exercised a proper discretion, at least bo we have heard from a well informed source. We congratulate Mr Denniston qn his advancement, and trust he may live to fill the office of Chief Justice, and to prove the favourable predictions of his many friends, who have loug looked upon him as a rising man, and one in every way worthy of the highest reward. ' ■ ■