THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1882.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1063, 20 March 1882, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI -WEEKLY. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1882.

•> o doubt economy in the administration of the affairs of the Colony has been found neccessary by the Government of the day, but, notwithstanding, there is true and false retrenchment, and in the department of Justice many mistakes have been committed. Locally speaking, there cannot be a doubt than an error has made in abolishing a 'esident. Magistrate here, and allowing the exigencies of tne district to be met by a Magistrate every three weeks. Fortunately, the people are more than usually quiet, they are too well and industriously employed to create rows, or give the couple of guardians of the peace much trouble. The vagabond class find no resting place here, and the consequence is that the criminal police sheet is very rarely burdened with any list of offenders. \ v f the same time it is not fair that we 1 teke CT^it for o^raordina^^^tue,J "." 5 fitabufaly^ 'there -is little -Kmtrc *aa# '■ the dock being more frequently occupied in the I esident Magistrate's Court than it is at present, But, putting i that question aside, it does seem most i strange that the Government deem an interval of twenty-one days sufficient to supply tiie judicial wants of Reefton. Unquestionably, should the honorary magistrates suggested be appointed, they will fill up a great gap, but, even then, then they cannot supply fully the abgei-Ge of a Resident Magistrate and Warden, The district is every day growing in importance. There are mining interests involving thousands on thousands of pounds to be adjudicated on from time to time ' there are aiso civil cases to be heard, in which serious sums are concerned, and yet the Government think the district's wants are fully supplied by a little less than a monthly magistrate. Only a few years ago, when the mining interests were by no means equal to those existing at present, a Resident Magistrate and Warden were deemed necessary, why should the contrary be at present? As in former days, that officer would do duty at Ahaura, the Lyell, and ; other places, and would more than honestly earn his salary. 'I he yield of gold has not fallen away, and, judging from present appearances, does npt seem likely to do so. There is no economy in the present system, for the peripstetic nature of Mr Bevell'sdis- - trict round necessitates asheavy •travell ling expenses" as would maintain a l stationary, or comparatively stationary, official. The abolition of the office is ' one of the things that no one can un- . derstand. When the field was not of " importance, -when it was in its irfWifcy only* &?d it w&8 questionable *%o&\m (tofltd deVelope into ar sterMimMT^ iftl'^*** " there *** * %mWmM clerks, 'and the necessary following. Now, when the Inangahua is established beyond doubt, when its . reefs are certain to be profitable long i beyond the present of succeeding gen- ; orations, miserable parsimony is : j brought into play, and "the Government ' save a Hundred or two a year, to the great loss of a large and impojtant community. The need for a local Kesident M agistrate. and Warden must be apparent, and we trust that our >' member will not rest till he has secured . for the district so desira-ble a boon. m-mmWom-m-mm----mWm-m.