GALLANT DEATH

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 105, 28 January 1931, Page 10

GALLANT DEATH

Service Before Self

LATE MR. S. A. LONGUET

With bowed heads Wellington Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday stood in silence for a few minutes while, as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Mr. S. A. Longuet, Rotarian Harison Cook sang Homer’s requiem to the well-known lines of R. L. Stevenson’s “Under the Wide and Starry Sky.” A foundation member, Mr. Longuet was one qf the most popular members of the club, and at a meeting of directors on Friday a decision will be made as to the most suitable form of memorial to him. The loss sustained by the Rotary Club was referred to by the president, Dr. Bowerbank, when expressing sympathy with the relatives of the deceased. Dr. Bowerbank said he was pleased to say that the two sons who so very bravely went to assist their father were getting along all right. One of the boys had been indisposed for some time, and it was feared that the experience might have affected him; fortunately it had not. The late Mr. Longuet held many important executive positions, into all of which he threw his whole energy and enthusiasm. He was always willing and anxious to assist those less fortunate than himself. His character eould be summed up in the words of the Rotary Club’s motto—“ Service above Self.” He was loved by his children, and he was also loved by his staff. “In his life he practised the ideals of liotary and for these he Dr. • iwerbank added. “Without reckoning the cost he went to the help of an orphan child and made the supreme sacrifice.”

The council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last evening carried the following resolution: — “The chamber records its deep regret at the loss sustained in the death of Mr. S. A. Longuet, who was for many years engaged in commercial life in t.he capital city, and a member of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, which he served also as a councillor and in many other capacities. Members remain indebted for his helpful advice and many assistances, and those with whom he became associated will ever remember his thoughtful considerations and his kindly and cheerful personality.” —