FILLED WITH CREDIT.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 10

FILLED WITH CREDIT.

Sir John Luke recalled the fact that lie and Mr. Barber-were the only living members of the council which had appointed Mr. Baillie to the position of Chief Librarian. In Mr. Baillie the council felt they had a man of un doubted integrity, ' blessed with an abundance of energy, and well qualified from a literary point of view to fill tlio position. Mr. Baillio had filled that position with credit to himself and to the benefit of the community. As a citizen he had played a worthy part, and had been an incentive to the young people to live their lives in a manner that would reflect credit not only on themselves but on the city. As an old school-mate of Mr. Baillie, Mr. Barber said ho desired to express •ippreciation of his private and public services to the city. He felt proud that Mr. Baillie, a New Zealander, had achieved such distinction in the city. Mr. Wilson recalled the fact that he had bought his first book in New Zealand in the Baillio brothers' shop in Cuba street. During his term of office as Parliamentary Librarian, said Mr. Wilson, he had come into close touch with Mr. Baillie and had always admired the way he controlled the Public Library.