Judges and Magistrates' Salaries.
-» The Minister for Justice says that personally he believes the Judicial Bench should be absolutely independent of the Government, both as regards tenure of office and remuneration, but the Government does uot think so. He has, however, not heard of any harm having been done by the preseut system, so far. Mr Willis, who had questioned the Minister about the matter, moved the adjournment of the House to condemn the present system, and both Captain Russell and Sir .Robert Stout emphasised the necessity for improving both the status and pay of Magistrates and District Court Judges. Mr Beeves later on said that members said in one breath that if salaries were not increased Government would not be able to get good Magistrates, and ia the next that the Magistrates at present were good. They would find it hard to get better Magistrates than Messrs Martin, Stanford, Foynton, and Hutchison had proved. He would be very glad to give Mr Martin and Judge Kettle larger salaries, and they would ultimately get larger salaries, but at present the colony could not afford it. — Post.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 15, 17 July 1895, Page 2
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186Judges and Magistrates' Salaries. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 15, 17 July 1895, Page 2
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