TRIBUTE TO JUDICIARY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1236, 23 April 1914, Page 3

TRIBUTE TO JUDICIARY.

A tribute to the manner in which the New Zealand judicial authorities carry out their duties was made by the Bishop of Auckland (Dr Averill) in the course of his first Lenten address to men. The Bishop observed that one reason why men who were qualified to occupy high positions shirked doing so was because they got so little sympathy shown to them. There was plenty of criti--dsm and mud slinging, and plenty of pressure brought to bear upon them, but little consideration for the difficulties and isolation of their position. “I do think that this country owes very much—much more than It realises —to the uprightness, the integrity, and the sense of justice in our Judges and Magistrates,” continued his lordship. ‘‘You can say with me, ‘‘Thank God for the men who occupy the high judicial positions in this country, for their disinterestedness, courage, and love of fair play.’ It behoves all men of honour and justice to back them up in every possible way.” There was in New Zealand need for a greater appreciation of the sacredness of truth. It must be becoming more and more difficult to administer justice because of the low ideals of truthfulness, and of the sacredness of oath and promise. The Bishop added that what was wanted was a more general sense of the majesty of Uruth—so that the “white man,” the man whose word was regarded as his bond, should no longer have to be pointed out here and there, but should become the general type.