LATE MR J. A. GORDON.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19896, 27 May 1936, Page 9

LATE MR J. A. GORDON.

——.—— TIIIU'I’I. IV lINOH AND BAR. HIGH QUALI’I‘IES RECOGNISED. Feeling reference to the late Mr J. A. Gordon. barrister and solicitor. oi’ Taumarunul. who met. a tragic death on Mount Ruapehu last week. was made by Bench and Bar at a gathering in the Supreme Court. Hamilton, this morning. His Honour. Mr Justice Fair, “at; on the bench and associated with him was Sir Alexander iierdman. Mr J. l-‘. Strang, president of the Hamilton District Law Society. pointed out. that Mr Gordon was won known. and held in high regard among legal practitioners in Hamilton. liis qualh ' ties as a man became apparent on wry short, acquaintance. .\ir Strang roterer to the sincerity, rarnrstness, nml tonni'iiy \\’tth \\'ilit‘ll .\ll‘ Gordan tmhl tn nny pl‘iln‘ipli‘ in \\hich ho hollmed. It was not surnrislnz to find that those qunlitil‘s impressed them-m-Ives on his work, which resulted in n \‘ery largo mmsuro 0! success. .\ir (tortiun was cunnvrtht \\ith mnny con—vm‘ns which mmic‘ for the progress of the town and district in \\hich he lived and his funeral was, he undoc—stood. the lax-goat ever held in the Tutimnrunul district. Mr Strung read a telegram from all menihors of thc Rotorna l-nr to he tm-rv .\mmpd In tho into Mr Gordon's \\'idnw: _" Ptensc‘ (\\[vrn‘ss our sinci‘ro syntpathy‘ \\'.. haw lost an ornament in our protnssinn." " He mnfinnniivd not only our i'ozarri and :it‘fm‘ttun hut th:it of tho \\'lli'lli‘ community and \\u t‘\ll‘|ll| our dump. pg; s}[|”'lilltl)' in his Knuth.” cuni‘luiiwt the spoulu'r. “ Courage and Tenacity." Stating that lllfi r-‘cniivctmm at .\h' “..'-dun «\iuniti-il liui‘lt ni'uriy ill) “.3”. Mr I). Si‘ynmur sniri hn \\us Assnctntmt \\'iih itn‘n'mh’mt in his s!" dent t'il}§. His ll‘lliti'il} :ut' lint-pum-and minimum \\‘..s m'iiicnt in his l't‘t‘flY—”v t‘mm «liwpvmtu \\ttllllil‘ 11min: ”1". \\m‘ and in his ihl‘m‘ hours“ in» am] on tho lllnlllltdlil ln‘rurv his dmth in hi< rt‘nmi'ks \ll‘ Suliwur- puiil ”mu-fl tiled in tliv ruling» i-i’ than“ “11,. .lnscmiiin'ii into tho i‘l’Jlt‘t‘ In) l‘e‘sl‘lli‘- lll'lft‘l‘lllll«ll“l_". out) \li' tint" rion‘s limit“His. nan-inc >iliil 1w llJil iiiilu opportunitx himwit of “looting tho into Mr North"! but Isz rmmrd in \\llit'll ho “as In.“ “R“ shim" hy suchfln ,mth..‘.,n, and by tho nuhltc Illilillli'stiltinll r Sorrow .\‘o man could haw .1 hot.t . . "‘ ter monument than the affection and _(Coniinued in next column.) _ ‘

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