LAWYER AND SCHOLAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 292, 10 December 1929, Page 9

LAWYER AND SCHOLAR.

LATE SIR JOHN FINDLAY. "LIBERAL HUMANITARIAN." SIR ROBERT STOUT'S TRIBUTE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Monday. The death of Sir John Findlay was not altogether unexpected. He had been in failing health for some months, but the end came somewhat suddenly yesterday after a reiapse. It was toward the end of .June last that Sir -John left New Zealand for England. His health at that time was not good, and his eyesight was failing. One long associated with him in practice said that the late Sir John Findlay was probably one of the most amiable of men who ever wore silk. "He seemed incapable of bearing malice, and never spoke an angry word," he said. "He had a very deep sense of his duty, and never hesitated to take up an unpopular case if he considered that thereby he was furthering the cause of justice. His own interests always came second. Behind his polished manner lay a heart of gold and a. capacity for making friends." Sir Robert Stout, in the course of an appreciation, said: "He was one of our distinguished lawyers, and a distinguished literary man and a great Shakespearean scholar. I ever found him reliable and generous, and his politics were of the Liberal humanitarian type. New Zealand has lost one of her distinguished sons, and to his widow and two sons the deepest sympathy will be given. He lost one of his sons in the Great War. This | son was looked upon by the school in ! which he was being educated in England j as one of the most promising students." •