"PEACE TO HIS ASHES." SIR J. CARROLL DEEPLY MOVED. 1 [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] . * GISBOBNB, Friday. Referring to the death of Sir William Herries, Sir James Carroll said: "I have lost one of my dearest friends. Politically we were opposed >to each other, but our political differences were -always kept on the high plane of v argument, leaving the issue-always to be settled by a majority decision. In politics Sir William Herries ; was , a man who always played the game and never hit below the bell. Of kindly temperament, he was a strong party man, with a keen conception of the balance between right, and wrong. He was a 'sport' in a deeper and wider sense of he term than that given to it by most people. I have lost a : good friend, the Maoris have lost a good • friend, so have sportsmen, so have all reasonably, minded moo. , Peace to his aehas.".
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18333, 24 February 1923, Page 10
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