SIR THOMAS SIDEY.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 23 May 1933, Page 10

SIR THOMAS SIDEY.

LOSS TO EDUCATION. I GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TRIBUTE (PRIS33 ASSOCIATION S'ELffiGKAU.) AUCKLAND; May 22. A tribute to Sir Thomas Sidey was paid by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, at the jubilee reception of the Auckland University College. "I should like to refer briefly to the serious loss the cause of education in the Dominion has suffered," said his Excellency, "in the death of Sir Thomas Sidey. New Zealand has lost a zealous and most generous educationist. Its public life has lost a senator of ripe experience, unblemished character, and of great zeal for the public welfare. I am sure it is your wish that there should be conveyed from this gathering an expression of sympathy with Lady Sidey and members of the family."

AN AUCKLAND TRIBUTE. U'kkrs issocivnoN ; 'jsi.ei;p.aw .) AUCKLAND, May 22. The "Auckland Star," in an editorial, after eulogising Sir Thomas K. Sidey's services in the interest of daylight saving states: "But this should not cause us to overlook the solid worth of the rest of his career. High-minded, capable and industrious, well-educated and prizing cultural things, he was always a valuable and honoured legislator, and had his outward personality been stronger he might have risen to the highest position in the Government. He brought to politics an equipment of education and interest in things of the mind that are not common enough there. He was a true son of Dunedin, a member of a class that, ever since the province was founded, has made educational progress one of its first interests and has regarded the University of Otago as the most important institution in the city. He should be remembered with gratitude by the city and by the nation and his career stands as an example of unselfish devotion to the common good."

TELEGRAM FROM THE MAYOR. Reference to the death of Sir Thomas Sidey was made by the Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) at the meeting of the Christchurch City Council last evening. Mr Sullivan said he had sent the following telegram to Lady Sidey:—"On behalf of the city councillors, the citizens of Christchurch, and myself I desire to extend to you our very sincere sympathy in your bereavement. Sir Thomas Sidey was held in high esteem by both branches of the Legislature and was a personal friend of mine."