"HEROIC EFFORT."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 100, 29 April 1937, Page 8

"HEROIC EFFORT."

MR. JUSTICE PAGE.

REFERENCE IN c6IJRT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. Expressions of regret at the indisposition of Mr. Justice Page, Judge of the Arbitration Court, were voiced by advocates when the Court sat in Wellington yesterday, the lay members of the Court, Messrs. A. L. Monteith and W. Cecil Prime, presiding.

On behalf -of the employers' advocates,. Mr. T. 0. Bishop expressed regret at his Honor's indisposition and the fact that the judge had found, it necessary to apply for long leave of absence on account of ill-health. He asked the members presiding to convey to his Honor the wishes of the employers' advocates for the judge's speedy recovery.

Mr. F. D. Cornwell, on behalf of the New Zealand Federation of . Labour, joined with Mr. Bishop in expressing the hope that his Honor would be quickly restored to health.

Mr. A. W. NSsbett, on behalf of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association, supported the previous speakers.

Mr. Monteitli said that on behalf of Mr. Prime and himself he would be only too pleased to c.onvey the expressions to his Honor. "His Honor has carried on at great sacrifice to himself and at great pressure, and we who have watched his heroic effort to get through his work are sorry he is laid aside." he said. "We hope it is of a temporary nature and that he will soon be with us again"