NEW COURTHOUSE OPENED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 5

NEW COURTHOUSE OPENED.

'■'■J (By" Telegraph—Special ■■■' ■; Masterton, Jurio 26V''- ' '" .The now Courthouse in Mastcrton, which ' wr-.s erected at a cost of about X'7ooo, tyas.. officially opened this afternoon. .by_.:.tho Hon. J. A. jlanan, Minister for Justice, in. tho presence, of a largo legal gathering,,. ■ justices'of tho peace, and. the ..■'general; , ; public.. . • '■'.., ... in his address, tho Minister reforVed to ' tho great nilvmcement which, made by Masterton and district. ;- lid' also . paid a tribute to tho sitting.Magistrate,' and stated that the best brains available""'', should .bo secured, for tho -Magisterial'. % Bench.-.. lie hinted that, to secure good men,'the salaries of Magistrates, wouldi>rf ■'"* increased. Speeches were-also given' by-- : Mr.' G. It. Svkcs, M.l'„ Mr. L.'G.-Koid, S.M., and Mr. J. M. Corudine (Mayor); ; -Tho Minister was afterwards entertain--ed at luncheon by'tho legal"'proft'ssiUii,: .. and, in responding to the toast of . hishealth, stated that legislation' was .'■ le- ' quired to bring tho - Companies- Bankruptcy and Copyright Acts into line with English lavs. Bettor facilities should alio. ■-,-•' bo offered for appeals from Magistrates- • and Justice;, and tho law should.bo filtered so that any , Supremo Court-. .Tiidgn could deal with-claims, for .compensation .. . under'the Public Works Act.. .-Something •" • should also be done in the way of assimilating tho New Zealand laws with those of.Ufo Commonwealth. He expre.s«cd_ a , hnpo that matters pertaining, to. justice,. , (•■duration, and defence would 1» removed' .->. entirely fronv tho region of party priilics.