THINKING BIG

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 238, 7 October 1932, Page 12

THINKING BIG

MR. GOOBFEIXOW'S CAPACITY TRIBUTE BY MR. H. H. STERLING. "Tt is with mixed feelings that I stand here to-day, a red letter day in what I believe to be the greatest organisation in New Zealand," said Mr. H. H. Sterling, chairman of the Railways Board and a former general manager of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., at the garden party which was tendered to Mr. and\Mrs. W. Goodfellow. Everything accomplished by that company was more or less a manifestation of 'the energy, personality, ability, devotion and public spirit of William Goodfellow. (Applause.) It was a fortunate day for the speaker when Mr. Goodfellow was brought into contact with him. Any small measure of success that had since fallen to his lot had been due to Mr. Goodfellow. "Outstanding among all of his good qualities I have found the quality which enabled him, to think big and act big," added -yVIr. Sterling. "The magnitude of his conceptions must have appalled him when he stopped to think of them. However, he rarely stopped to think of his problems, but pursued them to successful conclusion with inexhaustible energy. His goal has been of immense benefit not only to the New Zealand Co-operatjve Dairy Company and the Waikato, but to the whole Dominion. He i has increased the sum total of human happiness to an extent that it would be difficult , for anyone else to surpass." (Applause.) Mr. Sterling went on to refer to some of his personal associations with Mr. Goodfel'.ow, who had been a "father confessor" to him whenever he was in trouble. Mr. Goodfellow had always displayed a long-suffering patience when he had asked any questions or sought any advice. He had proved a pattern and example which the speaker had always endeavoured to follow. Mr. Sterling, as a citizen of New Zealand, thanked Mr. Goodfellow for his great work on behalf of the country. He was alluding not only to Ottawa. The work he had commenced he had built up better than he realised. He had carried it on and on until it reached its apex—Ottawa. That conference the speaker considered to be the most important one in the world's history.