OBJECTION RAISED
DISCLOSURE OF “COURT” MATTERS (P.A.) Gisborne, Jan. 27. Attention was called at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday to a published report that the Gisborne Trades and Labour Council had requested its appointee on the Armed Forces Appeal Board to attend a meeting of the council and report on cases heard by him and that in regard to one specific case it had been deided to ask for a rehearing and in the event of an adverse decision to communicate with the Minister of Defence. Mr. L. T. Burnard, who brought the matter up, said the report indicateo the establishment of a practice of a member of the Appeal Board attending meetings of the Trades and Labour Council and reporting on cases heard by the board —in effect, disclosure by a member of a Court of matters heard by it. The second paragraph appeared to indicate an intention to interfere with the functions of the Appeal Board. The chamber decided to forward a copy of the report to the Associated Chambers of Commerce with a request that it take appropriate action to safeguard the confidential character of judicial proceedings and prevent interference by outsiders with the appeal
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 22, 28 January 1943, Page 3
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201OBJECTION RAISED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 22, 28 January 1943, Page 3
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