A MAN WHO ACHIEVED GREATNESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 72, 27 March 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

A MAN WHO ACHIEVED GREATNESS.

(Continued from front page.) Such a marvellous life and noble career of service is an inspiration for the youth of to-day, who will be the leaders of to-morrow. I n all things he was thoroughly honourable and he never forgot that he was & gentleman. He had his little simple characteristics which never failed to arouse attention—his monocle and orchid buttonhole, which he adopted from his father. Of these characteristics, the late Sir Henry Lucy was said to have stated that had "son Austen" chosen to adopt pince-nez and carnations he would have aroused earlier attention and his worth would hare been more widelv recognised. Possibly Sir Austen realised that in Edwardian days, to be a success, he had " to look " 'the part, and ir such a belief, if s jch was possessed by him, he was *uccessful. His long life of service has drawn to its close—his work has been well done, complete even to detail— and his name will be remembered with pride when future generations read the history of Britain.