"BON VOYAGE."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 4

"BON VOYAGE."

.v • ♦ , " *DRi M'ARTHUR, S.M., ON LCAVE. LAW" SOCIETY TRIBUTES. ;A.;.M'jVrthur, -SiAI;, -has beon fe'S® ffran-ted six 'months' leavo /of. absence;; oh: ; Vof /obis' th, .''aSd":/, l&vw).L'on. {/was' farewelliid. yesterday ..by the Welis.:/-' lin'gtoji: lAw. 'Socictyi ' aid by l the Mngis-r featb's .'Court office stall. • '■/ ... • •

''' I Presentation by the Staff. •._./•*.;-C-- The stafi.waited upon Dr. M'Arthprcin. s;:;.his ■ room, and Mr. W. G. Riddell,-' S'.lf.,,

;.. -..•>presented' tho departing magistrato'-.with" /a ,cigar-holder::and -a box of cißarsrr""Vfer on-tho jromonarte deck of the Cortnthic," .; - said -Mr. Biddoll,. "and v/o hoped .'that tbaso 'S ■nrbttldadd ; tsli ghtly ; /to. - your/ .y .': s '.'fort"; ;3ir. ; Riddell wont on to say that tho?break/in -, their.'associations^.was: only ■ ,/i. (a'temporary ond, and ;tho staff hoped that r ' tho holiday would result m Dr. M'Ar-:sV-;^'t!iM/:bei^'c'6m^lefeW,-;ii^f^'itoi':lMltK. , --Dr. M'Arthwr said that' he 'had been jAfeA i W|J-|sfpr! ,nin6/::br/;iten'/-year'E,h and.: h'e/.iiadjilTos ri-:?-.ceiyed-nothing -/ but; /kmdnes3 from - staff. Mr. Holmes'and Mr.: Gordon (who .was by far ..the; oldest member ■ of :/>tho staff) had always .shown"a: careful attcn- , : : tion to -duty, and no friction had over '/"/;/■/. occurred - among the staff.: -' Every /ono of thsrn had: the mten's!s of.tilo -Dopartnftnt :. ; heart. .He/had regrotted .that,"dui'ing . ; .tho .past year, /his health had - not icon of-the best, but he dnl' not"think ! t'lat ;had/allowed'-"him : / would'W, ablo him to -resuma his duties later <:-.z/-on with his. old energy. ' (Appliiuse.)" : n . ■ Mr. Riddell's Tributo. /./; '• : /.-'.Pvcr;-fiftj*' members -of tho LaK Sflciety ; :P^3Gmblcd• 'in:. the' ilagistratp's;' Court /' to . - / bid Dr. - M'Arthur ..."Au Itevoir." - v fHere s>.fi-iJS- also present.;ropresentafaves/of ?the-. 'K.-^-*'®Jp.i.®Jin]>raf.';of.- -tho .general' public./. i'S/:-:' ; /'^ r ' --./-■ -, gathered..,to. .wish: "God-speed" to ..his e&teemed.colloagno and souiori. .Dr M'Arthur had not spared himself in his mag- , , / jsterial duties.since ho. had taken ofilco /o iV/ SP. 1 ?-fv -I'Jio; rccords showed: : that since, Dr. rM'Arthur /had first. occu't»ifi'J»?d,'the :Bench,;.tho work of/tho-'EeCple's 8,1 more than'doubled Bui Dr. K-;;:-:'AlATth-ur had;had rother - work r thaii/th'iit connected with tho magisterial chair Ho $}•.the position .of- Coroner,--and was chairman of tho Bailway Appeal .. . .iioara. . Ihe duiies lu connectioa witli ;j/ < :;-';; tl (? e /and ; , other offices were in any; and .-C \jmportant,; and. .thbse':>oohiiected-, twithv tho'-'.' ®tA^^;Wgretted«;tlmt:'ViDiv/rM'ATthur's J iealth was not as good as it might havo been. His medical adviser had ordered Mm to take a rest, and chanffe of sceno - s ?!?■ 1 Si.ddell. sai d t Uiat// lie ssp^J^ttodaUio/ 4 cauge s;ofs;Dr.;/M^Atthur'45;ofs ; Dr.;/M^Atthur'4 "''l « I>on tu mlss hlm ' from I \\ Court precincts of tho , . Even Respect Him. V n6ra !? ail - on/'behaif of the., , expressed'tho hops that 4 r '". ur VOJiJd .havo - an ■ enjoyablo • a j ™ nl< i c omo back restored in /, f/M'-]ii n ?d, ?l; !o ' to- perform ' his /highly A imptortent duties During his term of offico Dr M .irthur had gained tho confi-•j;.-,,denco. and xespect. of members of, tho Society -practising /in/tho/cburfc'iTKri': onerous and ;until;Mr.;:Riadell ha"d been' 4'^-/'ft-i trurdert''of/ the work had fallen on Dr. M'Arthur's :v^rofefsion, had. been studied wherever, pos-' -* El . bl °- and in past days, when tho work : at 1 : great 'iper- 1 ' ia^«r^joflt;tho; ; mi4tifarious /dutioss'j'of;.: commisMoiis.and presided at sittings of tho Railway ■/Appeal(Board Not only, did ha admmhis •- capacity'.'of ' k&f K Hehadeamd the deep icspect of general/. ' Public' burglai who camo before tfr- Al Arthur for, pumshmont did. not fl3,a ste?n,-unbendiDg.;ad-of: j iistice, : :'bnt ratier as"--': a : ' parent, whoso lugb senso of duty compelled mm to adnrmisfcor oos&gation. (Laughter) Dr. M'Arthur fnlly desoned J v SlA I^aTV " Socjcty hoped : hoV • e ,befffc:°f health;■■.-.(Applause.)' ' '*{- > Clfear-sighted, Cpnsiderats/.Help^ul. ?,:;- ; ,;iCmnding.th£ir:good 'wishes thoy , wcro:'ri'ot' / Sf&SSTOS ' merely: • con'venfcihal // comim:.';ment...- They ."hoped' that; Dr. Sr'Arttnu: ; ;• ii. ',- an d that ho . would com.o -/back . • ™h renowed vigour to perform his duties on tho judgment scat Tho kindliest xelations existed beUeen Bench and Bar SrAj Mapstrato's Court, and Dr C'<>fvVthe oitjfeWtKV-^Be^■dtmost v ; cgPgdenoe ; thp>justi c©/^of»ltis> admiiiii-/ ; f-'.®i[a» on.;r.-p0n.;r.-p ; They.^ *; 1, » s V ?loar-sighted- -jnothods,/-which' : en-' •.'thrtirghV'a o\inf. • old; and v the 'Bar,; and": for ea . »m. 5 t A Court freo from "Scencs." f . hy-• the; youußer •: membersof; rr§< .made -Courts, of-.tho.'Dbminidii- through jC^:^,ptd^cohyei^,t6>3)r^-Arthur-their? thanks i6r>the : :'ci>nfeidof?. : " . ; the ;ih J r t'''lcariii!ig ". : i invested:'withspnTiojiiew.v author^ ; must ;bp * e ' a y~i ros hyduties ( ates;in: with, labour •nia'tter?; • • the ■thoiShiirtihffV! 8 vAct.'-;-: ProceedingsiYinthe - were ; ? f ; ; 2. acienes";; which / wero .-.-sometimes }*5«?;! HiQ-U© iitlibv subject, i the heat, of • debate^-thc-parties; . ;^^gh^-become< l , Pf ; :^'Arthur : ,' to. Vtho . V There>had;:beoa. no- 1 ;:y^^tween;.:the. : .Bdnch "and or • r - i-Mvw c en" L- c oiinspl' ; and; ; .Unostentatious Benevofenco. 1 Idok 1 after the-' peoplo ; .'of'itliis cradlb; to - the - MrV }wbut - homo deat • */;?* bofhall.-' - of -the '■ criminal '>frdtel'nity, , for : from-years iof -: close 1 J ;p^-;ass6cjation. : :yith-Ithem;i.-I say - that, are men who;-think;a', ; lot of• you, : . :''.///they ;, are. thoso wHom you have -Eentenced,'' •■ /- .(Applause.)'- l'eople little know how often yPpr :has jgono,. into /your" pocket "to' '//■ n G ip those mch .whom you havo/ convicted ■ //.. .ana ordered.to'come un for , when' ::SSc|iUedfup6n.;/;Meh,hart'.told;mb that you/ jv/ivhayo/ sent for/them.afterwards/and'giveii .- ..-..'-.thein -a fresh start in .life. out..of your . y;©^own:^bcliet.v/ I That;is ; ;ihe; public, : Kit;-io^hwb;know.v--:We/Tri»K , ydiiia/go'o'a i holii . day and a . sAfe retarn; -:we shall' miss- you; ■ :/'•.•/J l, 4ry much.", (Applause.) •- ! "Will Not Leavo Wellington." /'?:>; ' said'that, come: ' and/he had/been-taken'in." i . •. JIo :had not lost the.' sympathy, cf tho .;, Bar for 'a/moment, and : .he; had:doiio .his ' i; ; '-/;Vbest/-to';-h'old, '/'fairly:; and;-squarely; .;,tho scales ■of..:fiußtice/hctweeiv''ono/:sido -'and ■ . - - .tSo other.,.'.Ho had mado mistakes,:-.and. •;V i/was only'..too: pleased that there /was •'a . ' .. -court, of apijoal in which people who' , ' . were not satisfied ;might;havo,.tno;;errors, u;;j/;bf:Lthe,magistrate/rcctified;//Somb of; tho .

Bonior. members of 'the Bar;in Wellington gentlemen. who ':ihight havG',:risen'to: '.{£•(it® o, top" of .the■;tiee,:if;;they.-,.had: ; ,ibeen ;; ..- 'stationed in ;the ■': 01d' J ; Country,'.-; which v '.;Ji.crffered': more 'scope.:.* They, wero ; menVwlio' "a, splendid nxamplo for tho younger , :<'i;?-!'i^Udtow./''v.Tdmgrpaonibors''-ih : ' tWrniK : fession should realiso that after (they- bad ..definite': provided ,13y..: v^;tqst r 'bool£B,' and J passedtheir; cxamina-. j?. : , ■ tibiis, \,they-ihad r . only (•' commenced . the work::;of::tho (profession/,-After ffptihikyholiday; (ho.hojied ,ttf v be able;'to id-. 1 - health;. |;((^'He'had(made-nMny?friohd3,(ahdvit(;\i r as Wy£h£s;'.wifp'a(and: his own > desire -that, they asJong',:as jNVs2tb^^»j^rt r i6rvHin'.'.w> do hero. ;: (Aj> r : platisi.) ' j' ' : Individual members of :.tlio profession personally ' wished ,])r.' M'Arthur ''Bon. / Voy6go and'a Safe Return."-: