SIR GEORGE RICHARDSON

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 6

SIR GEORGE RICHARDSON

Auckland lost a fine citizen in the untimely death of, Sir George Richardson on Saturday. His passing seems untimely because, though he was 71, his physical and mental vigour was greater than that of men who were by many years his junior, and it had been confidently expected that, .as deputy-Mayor, he would continue to serve the city well, especially in the Centennial year. His public work in Auckland, however, was but an extra meed of service by one who had already deserved well of his adopted country. For some reason New Zealand has never fully appreciated the quality of the men whb filled the . high posts in the Expeditionary Force. Major-General Sir George Richardson was one of these, and the Dominion has reason -to be thankful that it had a man of his experience and administrative ability for appointment' to the difficult and responsible post in London. Many a soldier then, and many a returned soldier since,' benefited from his practical humanity. As Sir Andrew Russell has well said, his career, "due to native intelligence and character rather than to the advantages of fortune and inherited •position, may well be an incenti" to the youth /of his adopted country-."