TRIBUTE FROM THE BAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 192, 15 August 1922, Page 5

TRIBUTE FROM THE BAR.

• m>: mi;, wm. tihh:\p. I ber.i of the Bar ;a tin- Supreme Court I yesterday afternoon to pa \ irihute io the j memory of tin- late Mr. William Tliorne. .Mr. John Alexamli-r ipri-~id> l nt of the Auckland Law Sc«'irtyi r.aid that the prof'e.sion had nf-ein'bled in honour tfie memory >>f the late Mr. Tliorni'. who hud i practised in thi.- c-ity fo r r half a ceiitury. It wa, |»os-il,!r tliat Mr. Tl.orne ivas not known personally to his Honor, because the deceased gentleman did not plead in tin- courts hi h work bein.r so thoroughly done that it was selUonTthe -abject of interprcution or review. He wa. :l man of very kindly heart but he could not -ullcr io.,| s nrliaiv. Throu-h his downrijrhtness of expression | le s0 times lost a client, b ut he invariaMv preserved his rielf-nwpect and the 01 his fellow-practitioners. His suc'-e4 was somewhat esse ne d ).t- tk c " e^>lnn the business WoU l d "£ <™ that worthy and capable so n 0D b - v a His Honor Mr. Justice he had never known Mr RaKt