FUNCTION AT WAIROA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5806, 25 January 1906, Page 7

FUNCTION AT WAIROA.

MEMORIAL TO LATE THOMAS CARROLL. PI’.ESS ASSOCIATION. WAIROA. January 21. At the unveiling of a memorial to tho late Thomas Carroll yesterday, bir \\ Hliam Russell the lion .1. Cairo 1. Native Minister, ami Messrs A. L. D. 1- rarer and A Dillon. M.U.K.’s, were present, iherc wn* a representative gathering of European* .-rad natives. Speeches were made bv tiie leading chiefs and visitors "Mr J. Hunter Brown said the idea of eretlin-- a memorial originated with the native*, but the pakchus wished to join. The committees mot and worked harmoniously together; JEIHS was collected, and Karo pa Haupehi gave a section. 1 lie late Mr Carroll, sam tho speaker, was. lovod ami when living, ana honoured now when demi. Sir VVilliiuu bind tho Into Mr r ; >rroM bad in ..mi the courtesy ol tho Eim»p™n an/! tho chivalry of the Maori lie otfom! his* sympathy to his widow «ml fnmllv and to his brother, Dio Don JniitCK Carroll. Owinp to bis influence the dilVcrencos between the two races wore smoothed over. Ho was a distinguished descendant of tho KaihtinfMiiiu tribe of tho Jbast Const. VS o arc hero.” suiid Sir u illiam. 10 perpetuate the memory of ono who was with tho proprresa of the district. bir )> iili;un then unvcilod tho obcdif-V:. expressing tho hope that tho life of the man it commemorated might long iurnisn an example to tho people. Messrs A * RiHon and -v. L, D. Irnser endorsed Sir William's remarks, and added their tribute of respect to the late Mr Cprroll. . , . . Tho monument is in tho form of a marble obelisk, eistitcer. foot bißh. Native mats and putu, old relics ot the Kopu family, wore wreathed round the monument, and wore afterwards presented lo Sir William Kusceli.