LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

The Registrars appointed under the Military Service Act are Robert S. Lennie, K.C., Vancouver; William A. Ewing, K.C., St. John, N.B.; Eugene Godin, K.C., Montreal; A. L. Haining, Saskatoon; E. R. Chapman, Winnipeg; Glyn Osler, Toronto; John M. Carson, Calgary; William W. Stanley, Charlottetown, P. E. I.; E. Hart Nichols, Calgary, to be Registrar for Nova Scotia.

The effect of the war is showing itself in the attendance of the Law School at Osgoode Hall, which is only about half as great as in ordinary times, only 150 being registered.

Thomas Joseph Blaine, barrister, Regina, has been appointed District Court Judge for the judicial district of Melville.

J. M. Hall, barrister, Haileybury, Ont., has been appointed Junior Judge for the Algoma District.

T. Dixon, barrister, Walkerton, Ont., has been appointed Deputy Judge of the County Court of Bruce, Ont.

Hugh St. Quentin Cayley succeeds W. W. B. McInnes, resigned, as Senior Judge of the County Court at Vancouver; and H. D. Ruggles, of, North Vancouver, succeeds the late Judge Schultz, deceased, as Junior Judge.

James E. Willis, Whitby, Ont., has been appointed Police Magistrate of that place.

Lawyers' annual fee at Osgoode Hall has been raised from $17 to $20; while law students will be charged an examination fee of $10 for every examination.

E. N. Lewis, of Goderich, has been appointed Junior Judge for Huron County.

T. R. Robertson, K. C., has retired from the firm. of Tupper, McTavish, Robertson and Tupper of

Winnipeg, and G. C. McDonald and Alex. Adams have been taken into the business. Mr. Robertson has returned to Halifax to resume practice, and has associated himself in partnership with Mr. T. J. N. Meagher under the firm name of Robertson and Meagher.

Daniel McNeil, K.C., of Inverness, N.S., has been appointed District Court Judge for District No. 6. Antigonish, N.S.

Frank H. Keefer, K.C., formerly of Port Arthur, Ont., and more recently of Thorold, has been appointed legal adviser in the office of the Food Controller, Hon. W. J. Hanna.

E. H. McLean, of Newcastle, Ont., has been appointed Junior Judge of the County of Renfrew, vice Judge Fisher, deceased.

His Honour Judge W. M. Reade has been promoted from the junior to the senior judgeship of Waterloo County, vice Judge Hanning, retired. Mr. E. J. Hearn, K.C., of Toronto, has been appointed to the Junior Judgeship.

We regret to see the following deaths reported since our last issue:-1

Sir Wallace Graham, Kt., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, at Halifax, on October 12th last

His Honour Judge Alson Alexander Fisher, Junior Judge of the County of Renfrew, at Toronto, on Sept. 28th last.

M. K. Cowan, K.C., of Toronto, at Toronto, on October 28th last.

Henry E. Nelles, who formerly practised at London, Ont., in California, on or about Sept. 26th last.

It is almost impossible to prevent occasional inaccuracies in the obituary column of the C. L. T. Corrections will be always gratefully received and duly recorded in our next issue.-Ed. C. L. T.

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ARTICLES AWAITING PUBLICATION.

Municipal Elections and Quo Warranto," H. N. Baker, Winipeg.

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"The Provincial Judiciary," by Albert Dubuc, Winnipeg.

"The Sale of Munitions of War by Neutrals," by Professor Maxey of the University of Nebraska.

Mens Rea, by Dr. Silas Alward, K.C., D.C.L., Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Law in King's College Law School, New Brunswick.

"The First Supreme Court of New Brunswick," an Address by Chief Justice McKeown, of New Brunswick.

"The Need of Law Reform and The Uncertainty of the Law" (a series of articles), by E. C. Mayers, Victoria, B.C.

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Options of Purchase," by Walter S. Scott, LL.D., University of Alberta.

Proposed Amendments in the Law Respecting Workmen's Compensation," by F. W. Wegenast,

Toronto.

"The Judicature Act in New Brunswick," by M. L. Hayward, B.C.L., of Hartland, N.B.

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Licensee, Invitee and Trespasser," by Philip C. Locke, Winnipeg.

The Triumphs of the Roman Civil Law," by Dr. Silas Alward, K.C., D.C.L.

The world-wide struggle for the triumph of right and liberty is entering upon its last and most difficult phase. The enemy is striving by desperate assault and subtle intrigue to perpetuate the wrongs already committed and stem the tide of a free civilization. We have got to complete the great task to which more than three years ago we dedicated ourselves. At such a time, I would call upon you to devote a special day to prayer, that we may have the clear sightedness and strength necessary to the victory of our cause. This victory will be gained only if we steadfastly remember the responsibility which rests upon us, and in a spirit of reverent obedience ask the blessing of Almighty God upon our endeavours. With hearts grateful for the divine guidance, which has led us so far towards our goal, let us seek to be enlightened in our understanding, and fortified in our courage in facing the sacrifices we may yet have to make before our work is done. I, therefore, hereby appoint January 6th, the first Sunday of the year, to be set aside as a special day of prayer and thanksgiving in all churches throughout my dominions, and require that this letter be read at the services held on that day. GEORGE, R.I.

The next sittings of the Supreme Court of Canada will open at Ottawa, on February 5th, 1917. The last

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day for filing cases will be January 15th, 1917. The last day for depositing Factums will be January 19th, 1917, and for inscription two days later.

In co-ordination with the new scheme instituted by the British Government, all parcels from Canada to Officer Prisoners of War interned in Germany or Austria-Hungary containing foodstuffs, on and after January 1st, 1918, can only be accepted for onward transmission by the Postal Service if they bear a “coupon" issued by the Prisoners of War Department, Canadian Red Cross Society, London, England. Under the new arrangement the amount of foodstuffs which may be sent to an Officer Prisoner of War during four weeks must not exceed one hundred pounds. Of this total the Prisoners of War Department of the Canadian Red Cross will send to each interned Canadian officer, including those attached to other than Canadian units, not less than six ten-pound parcels each four weeks. The remaining forty pounds of foodstuffs per four weeks may be sent personally by relatives in Canada, but each parcel must bear a coupon which can be obtained on application from the Prisoners of War Department, Canadian Red Cross Society, London, England. Further information can be obtained from the Post Office Department, Ottawa.

The Winnipeg Credit Men's Journal for November publishes a most admirable paper by Mr. Eugene Lafleur, D.C.L., K.C., holding up to our imitation the work done by the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States; and advocating the expressed object of the Canadian Bar Association to "promote the uniformity of legislation throughout Canada so far as consistent with the preservation of the basic systems of law in the respective provinces." He singles out as promising fields for such unification commercial law, including the law of evidence in commercial cases, insurance, company law, taxing statutes, the law of wills and of the distribution of estates,