1846
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Further Regulations for Admission of Barristers and Solicitors under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882.”

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by the provisions of “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882,” we, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, do hereby make the following general rules and regulations, and direct that the same shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1897:—

1. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or solicitor, who shall have been previously admitted as a barrister or solicitor in any superior or Supreme Court in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions, shall, not less than six months before the date on which he intends to apply for admission, give to the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the place where he intends to apply notice of such application.

2. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or solicitor, who shall not have been previously admitted as a barrister or solicitor elsewhere, shall, not less than two months before the date on which he intends to apply for admission, give to the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the place where he intends to apply notice of such application.

3. Every such notice shall be in duplicate, and shall state the qualifications in respect of which the application is intended to be made.

4. Upon receipt of every such notice, the Registrar to whom the same shall be given shall forthwith send one copy thereof to the President of the District Law Society for the district within which such Registrar shall reside.

Dated this 30th day of October, 1896.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern Judicial District and at Gisborne.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Northern Judicial District, for the year 1897:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Tuesday, 9th March.
Monday, 31st May.
Monday, 30th August.
Monday, 22nd November.

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 8th February.
Monday, 22nd March.
Monday, 14th June.
Monday, 19th July.
Monday, 13th September.
Monday, 6th December.

The trial of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” may take place at any of the above-mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, every Wednesday, except during vacation, the absence of the Judge, or when he is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers, in the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, every Tuesday and Friday, except during vacation, the absence of the Judge, or when he is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and during vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, NEW PLYMOUTH, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Wednesday, 7th April.
Wednesday, 29th September.

Business in Banco and Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, GISBORNE, to commence on the following days, at half-past 10 a.m.:—

Monday, 22nd February.
Monday, 9th August.

Business in Banco and in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Wellington Judicial District.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Wellington, for the year 1897:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Court House, WELLINGTON, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Monday, 8th March.
Monday, 7th June.
Monday, 30th August.
Monday, 15th November.

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the Supreme Court House, WELLINGTON, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Monday, 1st February.
Monday, 8th March.
Monday, 7th June.
Monday, 30th August.
Monday, 15th November.

The trial of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” may take place at any of the above-mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Courthouse, WELLINGTON, every Wednesday, at half-past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation, or during the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers, in the Courthouse, WELLINGTON, every Tuesday and Friday, at half-past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation, or during the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Supreme Court House, WANGANUI, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Monday, 29th March.
Monday, 27th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, NAPIER, to commence on the following days, at half-past 10 a.m.:—

Monday, 15th February.
Monday, 21st June.
Monday, 13th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Canterbury Judicial District.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of