LAW STUDENTS' DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 8

LAW STUDENTS' DINNER.

!•■.,;;=,.; ...,'■.;■.-7 —7 —y, .-..., . , ~.'-■ '..;■■/' ■';.;: ■: ; EVENING. :'v '/■> : The annual dinner of.the Wellington Law Students' Society, which was Tield at; the" Hotel I Windsor-last evening, i;as,a.very, pleasant occaI sion.:;Mr. E;. Stafford 1 presided. Apologies' for absence wero received from ; iho AttorneyGeneral (th&' : Hon:;DrA"findlay.), and severalof the .-judges,'.leading;' members of the ■ Bar, • and others. 7 'r';.';'";'''; : 4<^'•:''•■■'■.'.• ■ The ;toast'of. ; "The Bench and the Bar" was proposed by the chairman, who spoke the great men of. the -Bench'and ; tho Bar tain and.in this country, and wehton, to insist upon the • neavy- responsibilities - which would rest npoh'hierhcarers in the capacity of advocates. ; While they must do their, utmost for their .clients,-: whosoV. lives or properties might depend upon their; '.'efforts and abilities, they nnnst never eeek.-to win a .case by sharp practice,:nor; by brow-beating, of' witnesses.-.'. A lawyer's work ;was.'iwver finished, and they 'mnst.be.prepnred to work very hard indeed. .'■ Professor Bichmbnd and Mr. 'J. :H. Rich; mond responded to' the.'.toast.':' • Mr. Arthur Fair,' in giving tho toast of "Parliament," remarked that the number of lawyers in the present. Parliament showed the nigh'.esteem in which 7 the-profession- was held in Ne\t.Zealand; .'..-. i.: ■ • ■No member of. Parliament being, present (Mr. Herdman, whoso name appeared on the toastlist; had sent an apology. for ■ absence), Mr.- P. P. Kelly responded.. , ' ."'Dr.''. A.' W.-Izard,' in ,a humorous speech, proposed. "The Law. Students." ".'.,.. ; Mr. H. Buddie responded. ; Contributors to the ' ovening's ' pleasure included Messrs. D.'Jackson, H. Graves, E.'.S, Grundy, L. A. Elliott,' and V.'Mcredith (songs), send H. Banks (recitation). ' t

'. Messrs. Georgo Thomas: arid Co.'call attention ■to*tho unreserved sale' of a morrygo-round In workine order, which will bo sold under bill of sale. : The sale takes place next Monday at the ; Fruit Exchange, Allen Street. : Intending pur. chiißers may. inspect It, together with engine and,boiler, on a vacant section near the Island , Day/.Hotol. '•■■:•■..■'.■.■.;.'. : "-' -'.-.. : \".\ In the sunshine and rain, o'er hill, valley and ~':■; plain,';;'-vv:''v,, : .-.:,' : . \.',', ~:-v '.' '.■ ' . .'On Ms" way ;the;dnver proceeds, . ■With." whistle and song.he meanders ■:■■ Vfhiloi his", herd' contentedly', feeds. . ■ Tor 6talwart and tann'd ho has.at command; : Aii air which is healthy^aad;pure,,.;, ■■;' ■ Bnt should suob..e'r fail ; and ;a sicknesspie. ■v'.i'vaiL'.v-'' 1 ';•'•■"!""'.' : '."'■'.■'.■: '•'■■.'■'■"'/'.■■■ -::..;■•' Ha takes ,Woods' Qioat Peppermint Cnxe, a