SIR ALFRED CADMAN, OBIT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1905, Page 4

SIR ALFRED CADMAN, OBIT.

The death of Sir A. Cadma'n removes a dis.Ungu.ish.ed political figure from our midst. It is nearly a quarter of a century since Mr Cadman entered the House of Representatives as a supporter of Sir Geo. Grey,- and ever since he has been deservedly regarded as one of our niqst capable and most respected legislators. His political ability and his sincere adherence to advanced Liberal views procured for him the portfolio of Native Affairs in the Ballanee Administration of 1801. After hia famous controversy with Mr W. L. Rees, and his temporary resignation. Mr Cadman was invited to re-join the Ministry in 1894 as Minister for Mines and Railways. It \vas chiefly in this capacity that Mr Cadman became known to the people of the colony: and ho. soon gained for himself a high reputation as a careful, industrious and economical adniinistraiov. Mr ('adman made no great pretensions to oratorical skill, lint, he was highly valued by his colleagues for his genuine administrative ability, and it is no exaggeration to say that he was one of the most widely-esteemed and respected Ministers that the present generation of colonists has known. A man of rare conscientiousness and unblemished personal reputation, his retirement through ill-health some years ago wa-s a distinct loss to public life in this colony; and many who knew him only as an honest and indefatigable public servant will join with his friends and relatives in regretting Ms comparatively early decease.