SIR JOSHUA WILLIAMS, P.C.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 180, 29 January 1914, Page 2

SIR JOSHUA WILLIAMS, P.C.

Iv\!:K\VKI.I.KI) AT IHNF.DIX. l'.y Teloyraph Prcss'Assnchlion. Dunedin. Veslerdav. In the Harrison Hall to-ui-ht, a citizens' nicoliiijr was held to sav farewell lo the lliylil Hon. Sir J. S.'Williams. P.(\. on Hie occasion of his retirement from the New Zealand lleneh. and of his departure for l''.n»hiud to lake his seal on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of (he Umpire. The lar;;e hall was overcrowded, amotiff those present lieinsj the Mavor of Innicilin. (Mr. v.. I). Slevvart I, lion. James Al'e'i. Hon. A. 1,, Ilevilin.ni. Hon. Sir It. SI out. Hon. Air. JiHliee Sim, and many lcailin;; cUi /ens, represent hi"; business, legal, ele.-i cal ami oilier Hcctinlis of the cntnmunit v. An illuminated address presented to Sir Joshua Williams con,<;ratiila!t 1 him on l"iie hi»h position he had ■" worihilv lilled as ,lml«e of the Supreme I'onrl for nearlV -HI vcars; to his services lo the I'liivcisitv; and to his lene-lhv connection with the Patients' and Prisoners' Aid Society; and expressed reeret at his retirement. Speeches wore made by the Mayor, Mr. Doicld Rent (senior). Hon. J. T. Paul. Sir Hubert Stout and lion. .Mr. Flcvdnmn. Sir Joshua Williams replied in a vcrv feeling speech, in which he spoke of the many happy dajß he had spent in Tluneuin.