MAYOR’S COURT.
To the Editor.
Sir, —It appears to me, from what transpired at the last Council meeting, that if the civic chair is to he filled from that scource, the Mayor’s inability to take his scat upon that Bench will be the best recommendation in his favor. Perhaps the Council should be reminded that the difficulty which attended the es' ablishmeut of the Court will be nothing in comparison to its re-cstablishment iu case of its abolition. The Council may rest a-sured that, notwithstanding the expressed opinion of Councillor Ramsay, the prevailing one is, that the Mayor’s Court is a decided loss to the General Government in a pecuniary sense, who, I have no doubt, would be quite prepared to relieve the Corporation of the fines and fees, and consequently the loss! But the Corporation, haring once bade adieu to those fines and fees, will never touch them again. For why ? because the Magistrate being appointed by the General Government, is thus tendered comparatively independent in position to that of the Mayor, who is elected by the very persons fined, or liable to be fined, by him. It therefore behoves him to guard against unpopularity by being lenient towards his electors.—l am, fcc ,
One Who Knows,
Dunedin, March 14,
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Evening Star, Issue 3141, 14 March 1873, Page 2
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210MAYOR’S COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3141, 14 March 1873, Page 2
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