TRIBUTE PAID
TO THE LATE SIR T. K. SIDEY
AUCKLAND,. May 22
The “Auckland Star,” in an editorial after eulogising Sir T\ K-. Sidey’s services in the interest cf daylight.saving states: “But this should not cause us to overlook the solid worth of the rest of his career. High-minded, capable and industrious, well-educated and prizing cultural things, he was always a valuable and honoured legislator, and had his outward personality boon stronger he might have risen to the highest position in the Government.
“He brought to politics an equipment of. education and interest in things cf the mind that are not comlncv enough there. He l was a true son of Dunedin, a member of a class that, ever since the province was founded, has made educational progress one of it* first interests and has regarded the University of Otago as Lithe ; most important institution in .tjie,>eity, He should ho remembered by the city an-fl by the nation and his career stands as' an example of unselfish devotion to the common good.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1933, Page 3
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