OBITUARY.

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16096, 20 September 1924, Page 5

OBITUARY.

. <—s SIR JOHN SALMOND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. WELLINGTON, Friday. The death is announced of Sir John Salmond, who recently retired from the Supreme Court Bench. The Hon. Sir J. W. Salmond was born in North Shields (England) in 1862, being a son of the late Professor W. Salmond, of the University of Otago. He was educated at the University of Otago and the University College* London .He was made a barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 1887, and was Professor of Law in the University of Adelaide, 1897-1906. and "Victoria University, Wellington, 1906-7. He was Counsel of the Law Drafting Offloe of New Zealand Government, from 1907-10; and Solicitor-General for New Zeaalnd from 1910 to 1920. He was then appointed to the Supreme Court Bench. In 1921 he was a member of the Empire delegation to the Washington Conference on Armaments in 1921. He was regarded as one nf the leading jurists of the day, some of his books being recognised as .standard works. Amongst his publications are; Essays on Jurisprudence and Legal History, 1891; Jurisprudence 1902 (seventh edition 1923), Law of Torts, 1907 (sixth edition, 1923). He married in 1891 a daughter of the late James Guthrie, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and leaves a widow and two sons and one daughter. One son, who was Adjutant of the First Wellington Regiment, was killed while reconnoitring trenches in Pessignal Wood, on the Sommo ,in 1918.

WANGANUI TRIBUTES. WANGANUI, Saturday. A large gathering of members of the Wanganui Law Society at the Supreme Court to-day paid tribute to the memory of the late Sir John Salmond. His Honor Mr Justice Reed paid an eloquent tribute to the deceased, and said his passing was a great loss to the Dominion. He referred to Sir John Salmond as a great jurist, and his knowledge of international law as Solicitor-General was invaluable during the Great War. Mr Justice Reed also referred to the value of his book on torts, which was recognised the world over.

Mr. Lloyd, president of the local Law Society, also paid a fine tribute.

MR RICHARD HUMPHRIES. The unexpected death of Mr Richard Humphries took place at a private hospital yesterday. The deceased was 45 years of age, and an old resident of Thames, and a son of the late Mr Owen Humphries, formerly of Thames, and later of Auckland. The late Mr Humphries was an old Auckland Grammar School boy, and took an active and prominent part in all branches of sport. He was president of the Referees' Association, and an energetic member, whose services were often availed of from all parts of the district. His early and sudden demise will be sadly felt far and wide and the sporting fraternity of Hamilton will be poorer by the "loss of one they could ill afford to lose.