THE NEW COURTHOUSE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 May 1912, Page 5

THE NEW COURTHOUSE

AND ITS FURNISHINGS.

A deputation, of the legal fratern-J 1% iheaded by Mr - A., R, Braniy, i K3town waited upon /the 'Hon. Ji A; Hanan r . yeisterdiay, Sand was introduced (by Mir O: R/Sykes', MP. • ' '. In, repdysaig to. the, good of , ilhe legal profession in Maetea-ton,. Mr Hanan eoid it was thus desire to see' itvhe best traditions of the profession wpfoeld, and Qie hoped that his administration of tlie Department of Jusittoe aaid any legislation affecting tho (precession wteh. he anight assist in (placing on the iStatuto Book would thdp.to-niaiaitafai itis status, and work for the (benefit cf "iNiew Zealand. The ibetter tihe status <cf the profession and its n-embers, tluo better would it be for the society. He thanked them for .tbpir gHx>d wrMies. Mr Bunay drew tho attention of t'he (Minister rtb rtthe fact (that a rumour t ■was current to the effect that it Was not proposed by tihe Glovernment to fumieih tho library in the new Cbtirtbouse. Mr Bunny said he hoped that rumour was not true. A ctomfortiibly tfulrni&hed library was very necessary I for tihe legal profession. Ho was not i <reSerrimg (to ''books— that was tho. v»ncern of ■tfhe' Law Society— but he i •tihougilirt; the ftonu'ttiUTt) necessary for f a library ought to be EuppKed. Mr Hanan, in repfy, said that, as a ■member of the,, legal profession him-., seif, he was fuly aJuvo to'the impor--tance of providing well-equipped librartets in \all our iCc-urtihbuses for the use of ibaaT&kirs, majgji-Effcrateß, . and Justices of the I'eaoe. In country tbwm.B tie legal profession were at' some disadvantage as. oorap'ared with tho ibar ein the cities, and it was' jLirecttily in tfilw?' interests t of the people* themselves ithat (propsny equipped libraries sHould bo provxied so that tiliey should be in a position, to enjoy the superior fadvcee wtoeih.. their..legal-ad-visers should, under such circumstance's, bo able to give them. Unless well equipped reference Aibaaries were provided £u the errantry towns, Court"( practice would inevitably be driven into tftio crSes, and this would increase ! #he exijieufio and delays of the law to ! tihe people-. The Courts anust be made : th« pebple's courts in the fullest sense, land he would liavo. great pleasua-e in soiling w3iat coulid be doaio in this respect. TSie Minister then paid a visit of inspection to tlio Oouriihousc. . - -. =