HONORARY JUSTICES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 129, 29 February 1928, Page 14

HONORARY JUSTICES

The annual report of the Honorary Justices’ Association for the City of Wellington and district slates that five council meetings were held during the year, at which important matters ing justices were dealt with. “Special reference is made to the benevolent work of the association in providing Christmas cheer for those in prison or under control. Assistance has also been given to prisoners’ wives and families, and also to men after discharge. At a meeting of the council a resolution was unanimously carried that a piano be purchased for the Mount Crawford Prison, at a cost not exceeding £35, and that the annual meeting be asked to confirm this- resolution. The year closed with a membership of 446, being an increase of 23 members for the year.

“Imprinted tn London bv ? r ®^® rt r ®*r kcr nrinter to the kings Most Nnt Maicstv. 1608.” is the inscription in a rare edition ef the Bible. 111 the nossess'on of :>■ Christchurch resident Mr. C. IT. Gee. This cony (says the Lyttelton Times”' exceeds in ngc by five years the one possessed by the Akaroa Ledge, and was published three years before, the Authorised Version of Line James I. It i« probably the ablest edition in the Dominion. The Bible was purch a sedlm Ireland bv Mr. Gee’s greatgrandfather, and ha» been an heirloom in thq f *-’ nlI Y for manv vears. The conv is in a won(lorfqi state of preservation, the Paper of manv pases being I'ttle discoloured hr ."e The old style of type and quaint eld English spelling niylre -he moot, interesting. A snc p io.l feature is th or-kpH . t p--e.” inserted between the Old ~nd Ne-v Testaments, with the .QUamt cvmbklisms on it. It is ft mt. tine that Int hivi Prav. if anv Be merry *et him P ?n? P«nhns M On several naeres refercores have been written with pen nnd ?nk but time has made the writing bnrnlv liieeernable. The volmiw wa« rerop.t in the vear 1870. bv Marcus Ward ■'nd Co. London. Tn seme eases the headings of the columns have Ike letters ent into although the nrmi'ng has not been desiroved. It. Mr. Gee’s intention to have tho volume valued.