WORLD JURISTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1945, Page 7

WORLD JURISTS

CHIEF JUSTICE'S PART

The contribution made by the Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Myers, Chief Justice, at the recent Conference of Jurists in the United States is the subject of a message received from the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Nash).

"In a telegram which I have just received from San Francisco," said Mr. Nash, "the Prime Minister tells me of the notable contribution which the Chief Justice ,has made both towards the drafting of the Statute of the International Court of Justice and in stating the viewpoint of New Zealand. Mr. Fraser states that the Chief Justice's experience as a jurist and his high standing earned him immediate respect both at the Washington Conference and afterwards at San Francisco, and concludes by saying that no New Zealand representative, could have given more able service to our country and to the Conference of Jurists. "To this I would only wish to add," said Mr. Nash, "how deeply grateful we are to Sir Michael for having been willing to represent New Zealand at the International Conference of Jurists, with all the onerous work which that has inevitably involved. Sir Michael has not spared himself for a moment, and I am sure we are all proud to know that he has carried out his task with such conspicuous ability."

Mr. Nash said he desired to record the country's high appreciation of Sir Michael's splendid services at the conference.