first time at the Small Debt Court. He received the congratulations of the Bar Association. During the sitting his Honour disapproved of allowing counsel fee in small debt cases by refusing two applications for same. He also expressed his disapproval of law students pleading as counsel by saying that such practice was strictly against the rules.

Mr. Justice Dunlop recently handed down judgment ordering the liquidator of La Compagnie d'Assurance Mutuelle Contre le Feu du Canada to collect from three local law firms amounts which had been collocated as privileged claims. The Court ordered that they be placed in the class of ordinary claims. The amounts had been paid by the liquidator as privileged claims on the score of counsel fees for the attorneys, Messrs. Cordeau and Bissonnette, $1,172.53; Geoffrion and Cusson, $900; Pelletier and Pelletier, $864.50. They were contested by Messrs. Beaudry and Beaudry, and J. A. Bernard.

Mr. Justice Clute, who has been seriously ill for some time with an intestinal trouble, was operated on at the Wellesley Hospital Oct. 17th. He stood the operation well, and at a late hour was resting easily, and his condition was as favourable as his medical attendants could hope for.

W. Oswald Smyth, received notice recently confirming his appointment as Judge of District Court of Swift Current. He received his early education in that city, and his high school and university courses in Montreal High School and McGill University. He graduated in Arts in 1895, and in law in 1897 with first-class honours, and carried off the Elizabeth Torrans gold medal for having secured the highest marks obtainable. He practised law in Montreal from 1897 until 1905 as a member of the firm of Cruickshank and Smyth. In the spring of 1905 he came West and located in Swift Current and has resided there ever since, and is therefore one of the old timers of that city. He applied for the incorporation of the town and was its solicitor until last year when he resigned.

Mr. Smyth is eminently suited to do honour to the high appointment he has received; his long experience in his profession and broadness of mind, which will enable him

to mingle mercy with justice, making him peculiarly fitted to fill the position of Judge.

The examination of students at law for attorney opened at Fredericton with Dr. T. C. Allen and Dr. J. D. Phinney of that city, and Mr. J. B. M. Baxter, of St. John, as examiners. Applicants for admission as students who hold a degree of bachelor of arts are admitted without examination, and graduates of King's College Law School, St. John, are admitted as attorneys without examination.

At a meeting of the examiners last evening it was decided to allow Miss Frances Fish, of Newcastle, the only lady applicant, to be entered. Miss Fish is the first lady to apply since Miss Mabel French, of St. John, was admitted some years ago. She is a graduate of the U. N. D. with a B. A. degree, having graduated in 1910 and is now engaged as a school teacher at Campbellton.

Frank Ford, K.C., of Edmonton, at Osgoode Hall, Oct. 24th, presented his patent-askings counsel and was called within the bar by Sir William Meredith. Mr. Ford went west to become deputy attorney-general of Saskatchewan.

W. O. Stewart, the blind lawyer of Lancaster, died very suddenly at his home there. He had been about his office as usual the day before. Mr. Stewart studied law in Toronto, being blind before he enrolled as a student. He was born in Lancaster fifty-two years ago. He leaves a widow and six children.

At a meeting held in the lecture room of the College of Law, in the Canada building, Saskatoon, the first student association of the new faculty was organized recently.. By the constitution which was approved the organization was thrown open only to articled students in the city and to those taking the full course leading to a degree of law in the college.

Nominations for officers were made and the elections will take place at a later date. George A. Ferguson and D. C. Kyle were nominated as presidents, H. E. Keown and J. R. McDonald as vice presidents, F. C. Little, C. A. Scott and W. H. Holman for financial secretary, as convenor of the athletic committee, J. E. McDermid, F. H. Bailey, G. M. Grant.

J. R. McDonald, W. E. Lloyd and W. H. Holman were appointed representatives of the college of law on the students' representative council of the university.

The Judges of the Quebec Superior Court are dissatisfied with their present salaries, which are now $7,000 for Judges residing in Quebec and $5,000 for those residing in rural districts. They will request the Minister of Justice to increase their salaries to $9,000 for Quebec Judges and $7,000 for rural Judges, claiming that the cost of living has increased for them as for any other mortal.

Such is the decision taken recently at a meeting of the Judges of the whole region of Quebec. The rural Judges also ask permission to reside in cities, as social relations in their districts may sometimes render their situation very uneasy.

W. J. Cooper, K.C., of Portage la Prairie, one of the best known lawyers in central Manitoba, died there recently, aged about 52 years. He had been ill only a short time, and was a resident of Portage for thirty years. For a time he was District Registrar, retiring later to resume his practice. He was a partner of Arthur Meighen, present Solicitor-General of Canada, in the firm of Cooper & Meighen. He was a leading Conservative, and opposed Hon. Robert Watson for a seat in the local House in 1891, being defeated by a narrow majority.

The latest issue of the Saskatchewan Gazette gives the following list of new justices of the peace:-James Sinclair Cosgrove, of Lancer; William Wallace Muir, of Moose Jaw; Charles Marshall Mullin, of Cactus; Harold Fares Noble, of Regina; James Alexander Ratcliffe, of Regina; William Roy Shepherdson, of Pennant; Alexander Stronach, of Regina; John William Winn, of Baring; Donald Alexander McDonald, of Girvin: Robert Thistlewaite McLeod, of Kindersley; William H. Montgomery, of Moose Jaw.

Ralph C. Burns, B.A., LL.B., and John S. Mayor, B.A., B.C.L., two young attorneys who have already made their mark, both in Calgary and Bassano, where they have had an office for the past two years, have opened a suite of offices in the Alexander block, Calgary. Mr. Burns has been connected with the well-known firm of Lent, Jones and MacKay

for some time, in addition to his interests in the dam city," and has been one of the most popular young legal lights. Both young men are natives of New Brunswick, and former residents of that province will unite in wishing the new firm the best kind of success in their new venture.

It has been decided by the provincial department of public works to extend the west wing of the new law courts in Winnipeg 59 feet to the north in order to afford accommodation for additional departments.

Howard S. Ross, K.C., formerly of Sydney, has formed a law partnership with E. K. Angers, a prominent FrenchCanadian barrister of Halifax.

The students in law at Laval University elected their officers for the current year, and they chose Aime Lafontaine as their president, Lorenzo Laurendeau for vice-president, Leon Lajoie for secretary, and Mr. Massicotte for

treasurer.

Mr. N. P. Buckingham, B.A., Boissevain, Man., his wife and son, William, are on a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buckingham, Huron street, Stratford, and their daughter, Kathleen, is the guest of Miss Dorothy Riddell, Hibernia street. They will make their home in Victoria, B.C. Mr. Buckingham has sold his practice as a barrister at Boissevain, and also his newly built house there.

The Ontario Law School goes beyond the province in its influence.

Among the students in the present term are several Westerners, representing Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. One is Charles Dufferin Roblin, son of Manitoba's Premier.

The western provinces accept certificates of attendance. at Ontario Law School lectures. When the student from the setting sun has attended such lectures as he requires, he is given the requisite credentials, and returns home to write on his final examinations.

Three district Judges have been appointed for the province of Saskatchewan. A. D. Dixon, Qu'Appelle, was appointed to the Humboldt district; W. O. Smythe, Swift Current, to the Swift Current district; and C. E. D. Wood, Regina, to the Weyburn district.

Morris Katz, a law student, was sentenced to one month in jail by Judge Morgan for the theft of $75 from his employers, Singer and Singer.

Mr. A. H. O'Brien, former law clerk of the House of Commons, who, on the reorganization of the law branch of the House of Commons, was appointed to the Justice Department at a salary of $5,000 a year, has resigned from that position.

Donald Guthrie White, barrister, formerly of the firm of White and Laidlaw, Medicine Hat, Alberta, died in Toronto.

H. L. Jordan, city solicitor, was nominated by the members of the Saskatoon Bar recently to be a candidate for Bencher of the Law Society of Saskatchewan at the coming elections. Two candidates are being placed in the field this year by the Saskatoon bar. The second candidate is P. E. McKenzie, crown attorney and member of the firm of McCraney, McKenzie, Hutchinson and Rose, who was nominated by the local bar association a short time ago.

In the past Saskatoon has been represented by but one member. The last to fill the position was Colonel Acheson, Regina, however, has several representatives among the benchers and the local members of the legal profession believe that it is only right that Saskatoon should have two candidates in the field.

The charge against J. B. Fisher, a Guelph lawyer, of having unlawfully and fraudulently obtained the sum of $100 from L. Loree came before the magistrate again and after hearing some more explanations from Mr. Fisher his Worship decided to commit the accused for trial. He was admitted to bail on his own recognizance.

Mr. W. A. Macdonald on Oct. 4th was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The swearing in was done by Mr. Justice Morrision in the presence of Court Registrar Pottinger. His Lordship has been assigned to the bench at Revelstoke, where he will take both the civil and the criminal docket and to Nelson.

Members of the Nelson bar and the mayor and city council, in addresses, welcomed Mr. Justice Macdonald to Nelson