HAMILTON COURT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 65, 8 June 1927, Page 13

HAMILTON COURT

MORE ROOM NEEDED PROMISES UNFULFILLED (From Outj Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, Tuesday. Once again the old conditions which marked the opening of the Supreme Court sessions at Hamilton ruled today, when the lack of suitable accommodation for carrying on the business of the court was demonstrated in no uncertain manner. The main body of the court buildings was occupied by the Supreme Court, while the jury retired to a back room, the principal adornments of which were ballot boxes, the relics of past elections, and 'aded blue court records. Another room in the front of the buildings served as a bankruptcy court, while the magistrate’s room was converted into a temporary court, where solicitors stood for want of chairs and some kept careful guard over law volumes piled at their feet. Witnesses were forced to spend their time wandering- in the passage, and the sound of heavy steps and voices broke in repeatedly on the lower court proceedings. This condition of affairs has been the subject of representations to the Department of Justice for some time, and an allocation has been made with the promise of a new courthouse. The site is ready and Hamilton lawyers are ready, but there appears to be'a hitch somewhere, and no visible sign of the new building is taking shape. Will the next Supreme Court sessions arrive with the position unchanged?