Farmers Honour Secretary

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30452, 28 May 1964, Page 3

Farmers Honour Secretary

Mr A. E. G. Lyttle was made a life member of North Canterbury Federated Farmers at its annual meeting yesterday. In July, 1924, Mr Lyttle became secretary of the Farmers’ Union in North Canterbury, and when Federated Farmers replaced the union in 1945 he continued as secretary of the new organisation. The provincial president (Mr A. C. Wright) said that Mr Lyttle had endeared himself to all farmers in the country and particularly to those who had had the good fortune to work with him. His understanding and patience with frustrated farmers and his tremendous store of knowledge had inspired them all. His ability to train staff and the tight grip he had held on the organisation’s finances had been responsible for the healthy position it was in today. Seconding Mr Wright’s motion that Mr Lyttle be made la. life member, Mr J. U. I McCracken, a vice-president, I said that he could not think lof anyone more deserving of this honour.

Others who praised Mr Lyttle’s work were Mr D. W. Gray, Mr D. H. Butcher, Sir Walter Mulholland, and Mr C. Hilgendorf. After Mr Wright had pinned the life-membership badge on Mr Lyttle and handed him a scroll, Mr Lyttle said that in all his 40 years with the organisation he had always been concerned with doing the job and had not worried too much about the rewards that he might receive.