THE JUDGE’S LAMENT

Taihape Daily Times, 27 February 1919, Page 6

THE JUDGE’S LAMENT

WELLINGTON, February 25

, On the ground of having too much to do, Mr Justice Edwards refused t j the request of counsel in the Supreme-) Court to 'make an order in respect of, building material. “Many people do not realise,” said His Honour, “that the greater part of judge’s work is done, not when he is 'sitting on the Bench, but out of court. Judges are j called upon to do a great deal of work, but they are not called upon to kill themselves.” Later on in the proceedings His Honour remarked that Auckland seemed to be especially favoured, in these days, in respect tojudges. Two judges wore siting there almost constantly, and there was onlyone in ’Wellington. Nowadays Welling-.

ton appeared to be a circuit of Auckland, instead of Auckland being a circuit of Wellingaon. “It was not so in my time,” His Honour concluded.