LATE MR. A. SWARBRICK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19807, 30 November 1927, Page 12

LATE MR. A. SWARBRICK.

GREAT LOSS TO HAMILTON. TRIBUTES BY BENCH AND BAR, [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. Tuesday A tribute to the work of the late Mr. Arthur Swarbrick was paid at a gathering of the members of the legal profession in the Hamilton Supreme Court this morning. Mr. Justice Herdman presided. Mr. W. Tudhope, president of the Hamilton Law Society, said it was with feelings of regret that the. members of the profession assembled to pay their last respects to the memory of an old fellow-practitioner. Mr. Swarbrick was the senior member of the Hamilton Bar, having-been m practice for over 55 years. He was the first president of the Hamilton Law Society, and was for. many years a member of the Council. During the time Mr. Swarbrick had been in Hamilton he had established a very sound practice, and made for himself a name of which any solicitor could be proud. Mr. Swarbrick, continued Mr. Tudhope, was a man of untiring energy. He was a man of sincere integrity. He had a very wide legal knowledge and a very .sound judgment in legal matters. He was regarded as an authority on local body government. He set a high stand aid, and was held in the highest respect l>y those who knew him. After referring to Mr. Swarbrick's many activities Mr. Tudhope, on behalf of members of the Bar, tendered Mr. Swarbrick's relatives their sincerest sympathy. Mr. Justice Herdman said he joined with the members of the Bar in expresing deep ana sincere regret that one who had been so long associated with the life of Hamilton was no longer with them. He had not had the privilege of knowing Mr. Swarbrick, but during the sis years he had been visiting Hamilton he had heard nothing but good of him. He was a man of high character, of strict principles, and was devoted to his work and to the improvement of the town in which he had lived. Such estimable citizens were rare, and when they moved off the stage their places were indeed difficult to fill. At a time like this, continued His Honor, the Bar mourned the loss of an old friend and a respected brother-prac-titioner, but their minds would quickly turn away from their own regrets and they would think of the sorrow of those that wore left behind.