Mr. Wilford reminded him that the then Solicitor-General had advised in a contrary sense. Mr. McCombs strongly supported the bill. Great Britain had appointed women justices, and New Zealand, in this matter, was lagging far behind. Mr. IT. E. Holland (Leader of the Labour Party) said that the foundation principle of the bill was one of justice; and the application of that principle would go a long way towards making the courts of the country far mone effective than at present in regard to the right treatment of the cases in which women and young girls wore concerned. No matter how good the man on the bench might be, be could never understand cases affecting women and young girls in the adolescent period as a woman justice could. The bill was read a third time on the voices.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 July 1924, Page 5
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