The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5198, 14 September 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1885.

Fbom the Auckland Star's Wellington correspondence it may be gathered that the Minister of Justice has promised a deputation of goldfields' members to consider the changing of Wardens Kenrick and G-ileß after tbe session has closed. Not having full particulars of the meeting of tbe deputation with the Minister, or what its members advanced in support of their views, it is difficult to comment on the matter, but a few considerations to be held in view might be advantageously pointed oat. It is of coarse known that it has been decided that removals of Wardens should be made from one district to another, and in accordance with this determination the Wardens of the colony, with the exception of two, Messrs Kenrick and Giles, bare bad their spheres ' of duly changed. It is not our intention to for one moment canvass the wisdom or folly of adopting such a rule, but if it has been made and carried out generally with these two exceptions, there must be very special reasons for them, and they should be freely and openly shown. Why every Warden should be so removed may have many arguments in its favor, and it can be easily understood that a " whole pile " may be raised against, but tbe rule having been once applied, only very exceptional circumstances should cause its abrogation. As far as the departure from the rule affects tbis district, we must concur in the wisdom displayed by the department in keeping Mr Kenrick in the district; he has mastered all the details of the work connected with the large area he has had control over, and has given general satisfaction in the discharge of his arduous duties. The district Mr Giles is placed in is a large and important *ont, and doubtless considerable time has been taken by bin in thoroughly grasping a clear insight into it. Were Mr Eenrick removed from the Thames, his snecessor would have a very toilsome and question* ably satisfactory duty to perform in order to place himself in possession of tbe knowledge necessary to administer the law here. There are so many conflicting interests in our neighborhood ; the mining law is mixed up with native land and its variety of titles; and tbe land generally coming within tbe jurisdiction of the Warden in bis capacity as Commissioner for one thing or another intricating various branches of bis duty entail a more than ordinary special knowledge of bis work. Beyond all these things, we have little hesitation in saying that as far as general satis* faction goes, the present holder of the judicial power in our district has ever proved himself worthy of his position. We would deprecate any unwise interference with departmental law either by petition or resolution of a public meeting, as such things are, firstly, of no value, being generally promoted by supporters only; secondly, very little notice is taken of such things in a department, and thirdly, the cause re* quires no bolstering. The ease of our Warden can stand distinctively on its merits, and we have little doubt that all the agitation likely to be aroused in connection with it will be so much energy wasted.