LATE JUDGE SIM.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 August 1928, Page 9

LATE JUDGE SIM.

TRIBUTES TO HIS WORK. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, Aug. 30. Befox'e commencing business at the Assessment court this morning, Mr. J. U. L„. Hewitt, S.TU., reterreu to tlie dentil, of Judge Sim, who was born in W anganui. Mr. Hewitt said; “We all know what a nne lawyer he was. He was also an eminent judge. A man of upright and honest intentions, fie was m e\ery respect wiiat a judge should be.” Cm beiialr of the members of tJie Wanganui Bar, Mr. W. J. Treadwell extended sympathy to the widow and family' of tlie deceased. As a mark oi respect to Sir William Sim’s memory the Court adjourned for ten minutes. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 3U. Tlie Taranaivi District Raw Society this morning carried a resolution placing on record its high appreciation or the distinguished services rendered by the late toil* william Sim, and conveying to nady Sim and family deep sympathy in tneir great loss. ORRIS TOH ÜBOII, August 30. The Arbitration (Court adjourned this morning for half an hour, as a mark of respeet to the late Judge .Sim.

Mr. Justice Fraser, in an impressive tribute said, “New Zealand has lost a sound lawyer and a great judge. Perhaps it is not too much to that it was while he was judge of this court that his most valuable work Was performed. It is to Sir William Sim that we are indebted for the series of clear, precise and luminous judgments that have guided the Court in the judical settlement of industrial disputes.

A TOWER OF STRENGTH. TRIBUTE OF A COLLEAGUE. HIS WORK IN THE ARBITRATION COURT. WELLINGTON, Aug. 30. Tributes by Bench and Bar were paid in the Supreme Court to-day to the late Sir William Sim, by Mr. Justice Macgregor and the Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. J. Itolleston. There was a large gathering of the legal profession. Mr. Rolleston said that the life work of Sir William Sim, his industry, high sinse of duty, and above all a passion for justice, would be an abiding memory to members of the Bench and Bar and to the people of the Dominion. Mr Rolleston mentioned that he had received a letter from the former Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, regretting that he was unable to be present owing to illness.

His Honour Mr. Justice Macgregor said that Sir William Sim had long been a tower of strength on the judicial bench. His clear intellect, wide knowledge o"f law, and terse and lucid diction, were combined with an unflagging industry and absorption in his work. Almost literally he died in harness. It was, he feared, indeed, his devotion to duty which had cut short a.' valuable life. Pie had been closely associated with Sir William for more" than forty years, both in Dunedin ' and Wellington, at the Bar and on the Bench. He had long since learned to appreciate his judicial mind, his scholarly attainments, and his untiring industry. Plis Honour added that he knew Sir William was looking forward to an early retirement and a period of rest after labour, but it was not to be. He had. been taken away in the full ripeness of his powers. The Court was adjourned.