OVER-WORKED JUDGES.
It is somewhat of a striking comment-, ary upon the eight-hour system which obtains in this country that a Judge of the Supreme Court should make the admission which was made by Judge Edwards in Masterton yesterday, that it had been' necessary for him to work from sixteen to eighteen .hours a day of late. The; Judge's physical appearance bore painful testimony to the fact that he was suffering from the effects of over-work. Surely in this prosperous country, iwhere the finances are buoyant and the moet scrupulous care is taken •that the artisan and labourer shall not be overworked, it is a .shocking thing that Supreme Court Judges should be compelled to do duty for •sixteen and eighteen hours a day. If there i 6 an insufficient number of Judges to deal with the work of tho higher Courts during ordinary business hours, it is the duty of tho Government to see that the Bertoh of Judges is immediately strengthened.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10590, 23 March 1912, Page 4
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163OVER-WORKED JUDGES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10590, 23 March 1912, Page 4
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