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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 8

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THE LATE MR. T. E. TAYLOR. < — . —^_ — — — MANY MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY. national prohibition. a suggesteiTmemorial. fsr TELEGIUSIt— I'RKSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Messages of .sympathy widi Mrs. Taylor have been pouring in all tho morning, the common note being admiration for the splendid fighting career of the dead man. There is a disposition among local prohibitionists to make ai< appeal to the Dominion for national prohibition this year as a memorial to the dead leader of the movement, and in all probabilily fchis will be adopted as the rallying-cry of the party in the coming campaign. Mr. Taylor knew on Wednesday morning that hi 6 case was hopeless, and sent for his friends to discuss business affairs and aspects of his political work (as recorded on page 3 of this issue). ' "NO TRUER FRIEND OF THE WORKERS." The National Administrative Council of the New Zealand Labour Party passed the following _ resolution to-day — "That this council, in the name of the entire body of the New Zealand Political La,botir Party, places 011 record its great sense of_ loss and its feeling (>f deepest sorrow in the death of such a brave fighter for the principles of justice, truth, and right, as Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P. We realise fully that the workers of New Zealand had no truer friend than the deceased, and We trust tha.t Mr. Taylor's last' message to the workers of New Zealand may inspire the minds and hearts of all our members to lift our, movement, bis he wisely urged, to the highest moral plane. With sincere respect we tender to Mts. Taylor and to all the deceased's family our most heartfelt sympathy in this their hour of sad bereavement,"— (Signed) D. M'Laren, president. Mr. D. M'Larert, M.P., as president of the New Zealand Labour Party, will attend the funeral. AN IRREPARABLE LOSS. At a meeting of the Executive of the New Zealand Alliance the following* resolution was passed :-~ "That the Executive of the New Zealand Alliance de* sires to place on record its sense of the irreparable los 3 which the cause of temperance and national righteousness has sustained by the death" of Mr. T. E. Taylor; its appreciation of the invaluable 'and unrivalled services which his courage, his enthusiasm, high character, his eloquence, and his unflinching devotion to principle have rendered to the cause during upwards of twenty years of tireless and increasing advocacy; its profound sympathy with Mrs. Taylor and family in their bereaveirtent; and its hope that the people of New Zealand will be inspired by Mr. Taylor's example, and his dying message to be 'true to God and our opportunities,' and to make 1911 'our year of emancipation.' " The New Zealand Alliance will be represented at the funeral by the following ;— Mr. Wesley Spragg (president), Rev. J, Dawson (secretary), Rev. W. J. Comm (chairman of executive), and Messrs. A. R. Atkinson, W. J. Helyer, G. I'etherick, and C. H. Poole, M.P.. A memorial service is to be held in the Town Hall, Wellington, on Sunday week, 6th August, at 3.30 p.m. OTHER EXPRESSIONS. Other messages ha-ve been sent by the Wellington Trades and Labour Council (which will be represented at the funeral by Mr. W. T. Young), the gathering at the banquet to the Irish envoys (one of whom, Mr. Hazleton, referred to Mr. Taylor's death as a great loss t<? the national and municipal life of New Zealand), the Seamen's Union, Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Petone railway workshops employees. REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT. Reference waa made in Parliament this afternoon to the death of Mr. T. E. Taylor. Speeches were delivered by Sir .James Carroll and Mr. Massey.