SOUTHERN TRIBUTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1075, 23 July 1924, Page 4

SOUTHERN TRIBUTES.

“ONE OF THE STRONG MEN.” t. CHRISTCHURCH, July 21. J-Me L/iimtch'arch newspapers pay Buchanan bUteS t 0 ltVto yir Walter The Lyttelton, Times says: “Friend and opponent alike will regret the death of Sir Walter Buchanan. He was the most picturesque figure in our politics, for his political record dated back to the middle ages of our history, and iie took an active part in the bitter controversies and confused party e\of the decade from 1880 to lbOO—in many respects the most obscure period of our history. He wn> always one of the strong men of his side, so much so, indeed, that populai comment credited him with directingits policy 6 ”’ and eV6U indicatin S ° its The Press says: “From very- small beginnings, a life of thrift and industry allied to sound judgment brought him to a position of wealth and influence and this influence, as a stalwart sup’ porter of tho Reform Party, he exerted as meritoriously as he used his ne® sonal means. The pastoral interests of Wellington Province, and indeed of the whole country, owe him much, and will continue in his debt through the gen' erous provision which he has made foi agricultural education under the auspices of /Victoria College. His verv Jong Parliamentary career, extending over forty years, has made liis name familiar to more than one generation of the Dominion, and liis tenacity of purpose and fidelity to liis political party through good and ill report; are an example to ail politicians. -Few men have given more sterling service to the Dominion than this veteran politician and pastoraTist, who has been suddenly takc-n away in an old ase more activo ancl vigorous than the middle ago of most men.”