RETURN OF MR HENRY REYNOLDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 108, 7 May 1894, Page 4

RETURN OF MR HENRY REYNOLDS.

Mr and Mrs Henry Reynolds arrived today from England, where Mr Reynolds has dono splendid service on behalf of the New Zealand dairying industry. Mr Reynolds and his estimable wife are so wellknown in Auckland and the Waikato that the notes of their doings which have been chronicled from time to time by our London correspondent have had a personal as well as a public interest. In announcing their return to the colony, our London correspondent says:— Mr Henry Reynolds, who has for the past four years been guiding the destinies of the famous Anchor brand butter at this end of the world, has finally decided to leave for the colony by the Shaw, Savill steamer lonic, sailing on the 22ud inst. Mrs Reynolds and ber little Ron accompany him, but his eldest daughter remains behind in the caro of relatives for educational reasons. Mr Reynolds Bhould receive a very cordial welcome from all New Zealauders interested in the export dairy trade, for during his stay in the Old Country he has worked with heart and soui to place tho trade on a good footing. Nor have his efforts been in vain, though not rewarded as they should have been. He founded the Butter Committee, and though he found himself, as he believed, forced to sever his connection therewith by reason of the action of certain members thereof, bis labour in this direction was not all in vain. He brought the agents together, and proved to them that harmonious working for the benefit of themselves and the producers was possible, that cut-throat competition amongst themselves would eventually strangle a great and growing trade, and that it was possible to prevent " slumps" of ten shillings per cwt. just because one man grew frightened at tho quantities coming forward. Personally, 1 think Mr Reynolds was rather hasty in throwing up tbe Committee, but he had every reason to be righteously wrath with the hypocritical section—tbe men who said one thing to the Committee and went forth with no intention of adhering to the decision of the majority. Mr Reynolds had it in his power to weed out these weak-backed members if he had cared to press matters to the bitter end. At the meeting in the week he tendered hie resignation Mr Reynolds lashed these faulters with bitter words of reproach, and warned thorn that a day of reckoning would yet come. For my own part, I Bincerely hope thab Mr Reynolds will speak out plainly to exporters regarding the formation and the doings of the Committee from tho time ho took up the matter to the day he left it, 80 that those agents who acted up to the spirit of their agreements in Committee, may benefit by an increase of consignments. My advice to every exporter is to get half an hour's conversation with Mr Reynolds. He has no double tongue, but speaks out what is in his mind, and what he knows to be facts, without hesitation. Hia experience in London, coupled with his knowledge of things connected with tbe trade at your end of the world, renders his opinions and advice worthy of the best consideration. Moreover, ho is a New Zealander to the backbone, and when he gives advice you can be sure that he is not trying to grind an axe of bis own at your expense.

On certain questions I have no doubb that Mr Reynolds will come into direct conflict with Mr Valentine, especially on matters connected with direct shipment to provincial centres. A public debate between the two would be extremely interesting, though in case of platform discussion the advantage would rest with Mr Valentine, who is no novice "on tbe stomp."

During their long Stay at Home, Mr and Mrs Reynolds havo occupied Waikato House, Champion Grove, Denmark HIP*, iind have thero entertained p. large number of colonist? visiting London. Many retidenbs in tho Metropolis connected wibh the colony will miss their kindly hoepitality, as woll as the large circle of friends they havo made during their residence in London.