The Hawera Star. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1926. SIR JAMES CARROLL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 October 1926, Page 4

The Hawera Star.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1926. SIR JAMES CARROLL.

Delivered every eveniDg by 5 o’clock in Hawera, Manaia, Normanby, Okaiawa, Eltham, Mangatoki. Kaponga, Alton, Hurley ville, Patea, Waverley Mokoia, Whakamara, Ohangai, Meremere. Eraser Road and Ararata.

A monarch of the forest has fallen. Lovable child of two lovable races— Celt and Maori —.Tames Carroll adorned the legislative halls of his country for close on fifty years, held Cabinet, rank in three successive Liberal Ministries, and during the absence of one of his ehiofs from the Dominion led the Government. In Auckland yesterday, death claimed one tvlio combined in himself some of the best qualities of the Maori and the palceha, and one whose' lifetime spanned the years between unrest and strained relationship on the one hand and perfect harmony between the two New Zealand peoples on the other. Further, because of his birth and training, his ability and his standing in the country, Sir James Carroll himself contributed substantially to that change; that his mother's people and his father’s have, learned to live peaceably together, in mutual honour and esteem, is in no small part due to the work of ‘‘Timi Kara.” A gifted natural orator, Sir James could command the ear of the House whenever he rose to speak, and, although his later years in the elected chamber were marked by a certain waning energy,, he retained his quiet musical voice and his picturesque choice of language to the end. Only a week or two ago, speaking at the unveiling of a monument to his former antagonist and friend,' Sir Win. Herries, he likened his -mind to “a hive to which are homing a hundred honeyed memories.” Ilis course has been run, a noble figure is removed from the ranks of New Zealand-born statesmen, and there is one link less with the old Seddonian days; but Sir James Carroll ’s name will linger on, itself now a honeyed memory in the hearts of those who knew him and loved him.