The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 98, 18 September 1878, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878.

It is action-^raiftaten %s£ ptiblie-irileting with petard the appomtjrte&t^ of a resident" cler|t ( bfJthe;J^licS ; '<^rfc at ■Rilm^Tkton,;}^nd^althQT^li : 5e I '' : W%eled to belieje^ehec^fniip^fpißlach^'kn. appbintmfeht thao! m tho prp'jper^nar^r,,nbtliin^fiFurilifejr appears %q haV^been done;', andthfe jpatfcer remains m. staWqtto., Wenbeii^re we are correct, in' statiiig thai Mr. t^lßD, our worjlbjrlßesidenit.^-or nj[bre correctly speakihg.^Tnsi^ng^Ma^irate^'fiasbeen ia coiainunJc4tibn^ith-tfce':'Mi.nißter of Justioe^epneerning. the.^ appointment, bu* astliere i hasbeeh ampletiine tp have receivedj a^rep^ feven'if^tUa.fcsauguat personage were\residentAafcSfci^3^raes's, we pi^esdme' atf ansvrer has, beien returned. The ; -want is one ; whit>h\, has been most severely; felt' by^.olients and cpunsiel; and,, admitted by %Lr fiTxav himseif^t'{W!§;are : 'fa.r from;bla™j*ig that gentlfmani |pr the delay, jfpr;frbra. the very |first iday japonp whioli §6 took his seat I^G^jthtft fenehj, dw^^ his last sittin^ ;^e|:has.'-4alw;iigs»:'sti.wn. 4 most laudibl^|sifff^st«^;th^cp^ of all whpse blasiiiessleaas iXierti to the; Cpurt- -HeJiaa.been pains taking, m the: extreme, cve t u. to a fault, ? and ftH'-his-'aetiGns'Jseenj'io be the outcpme. pf a desira L.to deal, fairly, impartially,; andv'<?4kita'biy upph' ! e^Teh' 'csis© which pomep before; him. At times there may be' d sligli t i^cliriatipn to vf avofidg/'and a want of ficrauessj [but thisi.s;evidently f the result of > wish to wei^h well hi^ judgment, "and "should,:' therefore, be more ppt'n to commendation than censure. With regard; then, to the adminisJralion of justice m our Court, it is ; ajl,fcbat ifc should be ; but there are ceHiain preliminaries to begone thrpugh,

.whjcb.^nder the present arrangement are vexatious and expensive, and the •wanfc^of a resident c'erk is a case m point;. :\We havo shown m a former^ isfsi e_h&w this could he remedied^by; the re uoval of one of the two clerks ki "pres, n /attaohed to Mr Ward's Court! Ac JVJat'ton, and lo ating him perma-i nentj/ at Palme iston. We. imagiiie our Marton frienls can hardly' findfnnlt with us for asking such a request. We'neither want to deprive Foxton nor Rangitikei of their, jdptia, but" as the -latter appears to lxavo two,, m .common justice we should be' allowed pne. We kuow c tliat ife is 'thai Mr Bae^b should be a resident m contiguity t6^ Otati, and .we:, are prepared to admit that Mr .Dpighton should "be located m Marton, but instead of that gentleman having an iassistant, whose services are confined ,to Rangitikei | alone, we hold that the importance .of 1 Feilding and Palmefston demands there should, be an official appointed, who would spend his time between the two places. ' :