A SEVERE LOSS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 55, 2 September 1937, Page 10

A SEVERE LOSS

AUCKLAND TRIBUTES

(fly Telegraph- I'ress Association.! AUCKLAND,' This Day,

A tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Justice Page was paid by a large gathering of representatives of the Supreme Court, the Arbitration Court, the Native Land Court, and the Magistrate's Court. On the Supreme Court Bench were.Mr. Justice Ostler, Mr. Justices Fair, Mr. Justice Callan,' and Mr. Justice O'Regap.

Mr. L. K. Miinro, president of the Auckland Law Society, said that Mr. Justice Page was one of the Dominion's most distinguished citizens. In all his duties his displayed tact, courtesy, and kindliness, and his outstanding ability was.early appreciated by the Bar. He showed a thorough grasp of the principles of law and served the State by presiding over various Royal Commis-

sions. , Referring to the duties of his Honour as President of the Arbitration Court, Mr. Munro said that while performing those duties he must have been labouring under physical infirmity. It might be said that he exhausted himself in that service. The legal profession desired to express the fullest sympathy with his relatives.

"He was a man of unusual talents, richly endowed with judicial qualities," said Mr. Justice Ostler, speaking for members of the Bench. His Honour referred to Mr. Justice Page's unfailing courtesy,, quick grasp of fact, sound knowledge of law, and knowledge of men, which gave him that priceless gift of going to the heart of a case and ascertaining the truth. Such lives were all too few and the premature death of such men was a severe loss, for "he, I say, was one of that bright company this sin-stained world can ill afford to lose." <