SIR ARTHUR GUINNESS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 4

SIR ARTHUR GUINNESS.

1 ' JAS A CRICKETER,

.• Mr>\,. £f. Malcplm^mberif^autha^ I?' conversation, with ja jrepresentatiiy esof tteiOtagd D.ailyr-rrimesy said'-that/'wlieh a boy, he knew thelate Sir Arthur Guinness intimately. ;"W^en I heard the sad news of hh death}" he added, "my mind was nlledj with memories. o£;hfi'm as a cricketer instead of- as a Speaker;^ In those dayi he'was 'a handsome man, iwith a big and very;blaek beard, arid black eyebrows,' which.'gave his face a rather, lowering expression.' He Was distinctly a strong piau; a,good and.kind-frierid,; but an eqplly good hater. In Court one' .day 'when |the opposing counsel was making insinuations- which the ''Magistrate retused to make him withdraw, and .which counsel r.ei'usd to ,r withdrawvoluntarily, Ilhard Mr : guinness; "in a- most deliberate way, say: 'Well your Wprship,;' all. I ■ have . :to say i, S7 learned friend ; 'is a blackg £Uaxir ™y slzi:l?riseJ at; the,conclusion pi: -the ca£e,;l .saw-them, each-carrying his green ba^-e brief-iag, .walking, down the street amicably together! Thatfwas' a good training for his career in Parliament where, no matter -how bitterly members may :quarre^and- disiike one another, the code demands that they should keep up at least an appearance of. good fellowship. In cricket his whole play was forward, and I can yet see him making his long forward stroke': He had' no back play at all, and the consequence .w;as that the long hop always had him.in trouble. He was always very keen to win, as a good sportsman should be, but 1 never knew him to attempt to take an unfair advantage. ■ As Speaker he had learned to cultivate'gracious methods,' and he filled'the'position with amplel dignity, while his personal conduct was; nil that it could he'wished, to'be.'Hp Wi-' lowed members oonsidovrJ/io ' latitude, ! <:'nd A-ct^evor lost his grip of the Rouse.: ) i-,., VC:1 - h car _ ( ] })i s i;.npartia'ij:v cvgm o^'is-' l"or;-d, a-.!il'there is no douiii nt nil tl>;'.+."' ar, :■ uiri), ;;s a.inoiijl^r oi' the Hov.io: iwio r.?v S;val. :e r lie' w:ill ba" vorv .'nvotlv missed.' 3- , : •.-,■= • -