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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 779, 31 March 1910, Page 5

According. /.& ~. a '•> . - correspondent, considerable -.- indignation: is felt in central .; Taianaki . at .the ..■ Wihazard methods .in . which, the administration, of justice is beiiig carried on Ihe. magistrate of the, district, Mr. Turnbull,'died, last winter,.and with the exception of a .short period, in which Mr Kenrick occupied the bench, the position has been nlled since by,temporarily-ap-pointed acting-magistrates,. previously retired,'and long past the age-limit of 65 It is now proposed once more to put the district, in charge of Mr.. Greenfield, a gentleman who.has been for years off tho bench, and who. is said to be considerably over 70 years of age. . Keen resentmentis felt at the action of the Government in mating these temporary appointments' and entrusting tho administration of justice to'men, who cannot be expected to.be in their full .vigour.. It is stated that' a public .protest will be made—not against the gentleman appointed personally, but against the'system of reinstating men who have long been retired.