CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17687, 16 April 1929, Page 8

CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

DELAYED APPOINTMENT. A PROTEST RAISED. IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED. (Special to Times.) WELLINGTON, Monday. 4 The Evening Post is concerned by the delay in the appointment of a Chief Justice to fill the vacancy occasioned bv the much-deplored death of Sir Charles Skerrett. Having explained that it has not referred to the subject before because it wished to avoid even the appearance of canvassing so high an office, it urges that action be taken by the authorities forthwith. “The length of time which has elapsed since the office became vacant,” it says, "has, unfortunately, permitted this canvassing to extend until it has found expression in the press . . • To end this 'unsettlement, and, above all, to check the widespread canvassing which cannot but be harmful to the dignity of the Judiciary, we hope that the Government will announce its nomination at the earliest possible date.” Arrangements were made for the absence of Sir Charles Skerrett, but not for his death. It certainly appears to the layman that the delay in filling the vacancy is undesirable.