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Chronicle (Levin), 7 March 1946, Page 2

« Wlien the presiding judge gave tli usual directioix at the Guprem Court, Hamilton, l-eeently tlxat tlxe jurv in the nxurder cliarges was to be kept together during th-e several days of tlxe trial, hotel aeeommodation was reqxxired at onee for tlie 12 jurymen and two poliee officers. Noxxe was available.Finally, after nxueh difixculty, aeeommodation was ax'ranged at tlxe Frankton Hotel. An appeal to the offieer in charge of the Air Force for the loan of extra beds and bedding was met with ready eo-operation, and the manager of a bus eompany placed a special bus at the disposal of the court i'or the conveyance of the jurymen to and from Frankton. The aeeommodation position in Hamilton is extremely diffieuit, even compared with other eentres. Tlxe nnni ber of hotels is very small, and the building controller has declined to authorise eontinuation of the work of providing aeeommodation at the Waikato Hotel, which has beexi in an unfinished state for several years.