HONOURING MEMORY OF LATE JUDGE ALPERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 212, 26 November 1927, Page 18 (Supplement)

HONOURING MEMORY OF LATE JUDGE ALPERS

“JUST AND UPRIGHT” Press Association. WELLINGTON, Friday. The honour and esteem in which the late Mr. Justice Alpers was held was expressed in tributes from the Bench and Bar in the Wellington Supreme Court this morning. On the Bench were the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Skerrett, Mr. Justice Sim, Mr. Justice Frazer and also former members of the Judiciary, Sir Frederick Chapman, and the ex-Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout. The Bar was represented among others by the Attorney-General, the Hon. F. J. Rolleston, the Crown Solicitors, Mr. A. Fair, K.C., Sir John Findlay. Mr. Michael Myers, K.C.. and Mr. A. Gray. K.C.; Native Land Court by Judges Jones, Judge McCormick. The magistrates and the Labour and Justice Departments were also represented. Mrs. Alpers and her family ■were seated in the ladies' gallery. Mr. A. Gray, K.C.. on behalf of the New Zealand Law Society, outlined Mr. Justice Alpers’ career, and extended the sympathy of the bar to the late Judge’s wife and family. He hoped that the sincere admiration and tributes in Wellington and in other centres would help to minimise their sense of loss and prove a solace in tlieir grief. Mr. If. H. Cornish spoke on behalf of the Wellington Law Society. The Chief Justice said that Mr. Justice .Vipers was a just and upright Judge, and had many of the qualities that went to the making of a great Judge. His sole desire was the ascertainment of truth and the dispensing of justice without fear, favour or affection. He was kindly and courteous, and possessed of great literary attainments, and was vididly interested in the affairs of his fellow men. He made many friends, and would be greatly missed. All bore testimony to the manner in which Mr. Justice Alpers bore his serious malady and faced the knowledge of his approaching death.