A RETIRING JUDGE REMONSTRATES.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2369, 20 October 1880, Page 2

A RETIRING JUDGE REMONSTRATES.

[By Telegraph.] Invercargill, Oct. 19. At the District Court to-day, the business of the sitting having been concluded, Mr T. M. McDonald on behalf of the Bar, expressed regret at the fact that Judge Harvey would shortly cease to hold the judicial office he had filled for so many years, and conveyed to His Honor the wannest acknowledgements of the Bar for his uniform kindness and courtesy, and his readiness to meet the public convenience. Judge Harvey, after expressing the pleasure it afforded him to hear the sentiments of the Bar as they had been expressed, went on to say—“ I retire with great regret from the Bench. I may say it is a blow to me, as I shall have to take up the cudgels once more, and start again in the practice of my profession. Whether I may succeed in it or not is entirely in the womb of time, but after being away from pract : ce for so many years, I shall necessarily start again under great disadvantage. In this matter I cannot help feeling that I have not been treated with that consideration which an officer of my standing ought to be treated with and is entitled to receive. It may be that some other arrangements may yet be made—l hope there will be—when I may again appear among you ; but I do not at present see much probability of that.