"HEROIC EFFORT"
MR. JUSTICE PAGE
REFERENCE IN COURT
Expressions of regret at the indisposition of his Honour Mr. Justice Page, Judge of the Arbitration Court, were voiced by advocates when the Court sat in Wellington today, the lay members of the Court, Messrs. A. L. Monteith and W. Cecil Prime, presiding. On behalf of the employers' advocates, Mr. T. O. Bishop expressed regret at his Honour'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' Honour 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 Honour would be. quickly restored to health. Mr. A. W. Nisbett, on behalf of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association, supported the previous speakers. -• Mr. Monteith said' that on behalf of Mr. Prime and himself he would be only too pleased to convey the expressions to his Honour. "His Honour 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, bs with us again." ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 13
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