AN ADMIRABLE APPOINTMENT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 4

AN ADMIRABLE APPOINTMENT

The community .'as well as the Government are to':be congratulated on the selection ■'made to till 'the position on the Magistrate's Court Bench left vacant, by the death of DR. M'Actuur. MR. D. G. A. Coopesi, Registrar of the Supreme Court here for many jcc.w, possesses so ninny of those qualifications which pmiMo hi;n .fill !>:e nfli.ee. i f.

Siiijl?n'diary^M'agistral<!' , ''with credit ,'a iui Jd isi i hct ion^tbat? it? is t that'jhirh'rfcl"iipt;• been" called sooner !to|.th'<^position'.'/*. ! Hc'-'has a long reservice as an officer Court, a wide experi'enwCof law, I 'has- for years actrc! in a "judicial.' capacity.-in the multitudinous class 'of ■ matters which Judges 'submit;to-the Registrar of the Court for examination nnd inquiry, and is possessed of that lit lie touch of humanity which'in Police Court' cases especially means so much in the successful handling of petty offenders. The] Minister ' of -Justice, who no doubt is mainly responsible for the appointment of shi. Cooper, has unquestionably made an excellent choice, We should also like to congratulate Mb. Riddklt., S.M., on. hispromotion to the office of Senior Magistrate at Wellington. This also is a stop which will meet with general • approval, and which, mot'euver, was thoroughly well deserved.