JUDGE JONES
GIFTS FROM TRIBES SERVICES APPRECIATED EXHIBITION CEREMONY 5 A presentation to Judge R. W. Jones, ex-Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, took place on Friday at the Maori Court at the Centennial Exhibition, Wellington. On behalf of the tribes among whom Judge Jones had worked for many years, the ActingNative Minister, the Hon. F. Langstone. handed to him a number of carved articles of Maori handcraft, in appreciation of his services to the native race. " Present also were judges McCorj mick. Shepherd and Harvey. Sir Apirana Ngata, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Tai Matched, and chiefs of various North Island tribes. Mr. Langstone paid a high compliment to the work of Judge Jones, both for tile Maoris and for New Zealand. He eulogised his tact in coping with difficult, involved and problematical questions concerning the Maoris and their lands, and said that it was fortunate for everybody concerned that they had possessed in the former Chief Judge one who exercised his judicial powers tempered with valuable common sense. Held in High Regard The Minister went on to say that Judge Jones was held in high regard by both Maori and European, and the legal profession greatly respected his opinions on native land questions. He hoped Mr. Jones would enjoy a long span of life as a part of the reward due to one who had so worthily served the - Dominion for so long a period.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Langstone presented Judge Jones with the Maori mementoes, given by the tribes among whom the judge had worked for so many years, including Te Arawa and Tu-Wharetoa tribes.
Sir Apirana Ngata, speaking in humorous vein, endorsed the Minister’s remarks, and recounted the circumstances of his long personal friendship with the ex-Chief Judge. On behalf of the Native Land Court Bench, Judge McCormick paid tribute to the character and ability of his former colleague. Judge Jones replied.
A big gathering of Maoris attended the ceremony, held in the morning at an hour when there were relatively few visitors in the Exhibition building.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20124, 19 December 1939, Page 7
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