Rule 1

[^f1 The judge or district judge as the case may be] may sit in chambers at any time and place and before, at or after the ordinary sittings of his court for the despatch of such part of the jurisdiction of his court as can without detriment to the public interest be heard in chambers, or for such matters as [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] shall from time to time think may be more conveniently disposed of in chambers than in open court.