PEOPLE in PERSPECTIVE

NZ Truth, Issue 978, 23 August 1924, Page 1

PEOPLE m PERSPECTIVE

Sir James Carroll, once Acting-Pre-mier of. New Zealand, CARROLL opce the orator of the THE House of Representa- 1 COURTEOUS, tives, and still an pry nament of Parliament through his piemlpprship of the Upper House, was 'acclaimed m Maori fashion last Wedriesday : 'at .Omahu (Hawkes Bay) on the bccasipn of his birthday. It is ' hard to believe that the evergreen is hearing seventy. Born m 1857, of Irish-Maori parentage, Hemi was m the Maori War at fourteen, arid his life spans the growth of New Zealand from the village condition to nationhood. One sometimes wonders whether the course of the later Maori wars would have been different if Carroll had then been at the statesman age instead of at the soldier age-t-if the country had had at that time a Native Minister capable of going, to a Maori koreroand, with strict etiquette, remcvlng: the pipe from the mouth of the' big chief, In order to give it a few fraternal puffs before returning it. But speculation on those far-off times Is futile. That chapter is, closed. On Wednesday Sir Timl was the guest of the historic Ngati-kahu-ngunu at Omahu, and Maori and white man united m his honor. May his shadow never diminish. ; ; :: :: :: After 43 years m the police force, - I - Superintend -e n t SUPERINTENDENT W. Fouhy took FOU H Y. ■ off the collar at , ' . Wanganul and set off for Christchurch to pe. m time for the concluding day of the Grand National Meeting. The genial superintendent joined, the force, at Christchurch, first aa an armed constabulary man, arid shbulderfid -his , gun during the trbiible at Since then •he i hjis b^en m many stations :in- 'New Zealand, and for- some years was Attached as a constable* ' to the gold escort m the early days- in Otago. By hard plodding, he rose istep by step, until about a year ago' he was promoted to superintendent at Wanganul and allowed to remain at that station until his retirement. The popularity of this officer with the public and with his staff was shown at Wanganui when he received, two right royal "send* offs,"" one by a large gathering of representative . citizens and the other by the officers of the force m the district. Mayor Hope Gibbons, after saying a whole lot of nice things about the rer tiring officer, handed him a wallat bulging with bank notes and a dinner set for Mi's. Fouhy. Superintendent W. Mcllveriey, of Welllngtoh, came up specially to attend the police farewell, and told the younger members of the force what a good comrade the retiring sUperintedent had been*, and how he had won his spurs by consistent devotion to In going into retiram'ent, "Bill," as he was commonly called, takes with him the best wishes of hpats of friends, not only m Wanganui but other parts of New Zealand. May he long be spared to enjoy a convivial glasa with the number of pals who will look him up at Christchurch from time to time. Variety Is charming, one of the copybook axioms, may CANTERBURY aptly be applied to CANDIDATES, the group of candidates for the Canterbury seats at the next general elections who have received the imprimatur of the Official Labor Party. The sitting members, of course, have, been endorsed: although some folks thought Mr. McCombs would be disciplined out of endorsement because of his outspoken protest against the message to the Soviet at Moscow. The autocrats of political patronage— for that is what it really means when a candidate for the people's suffrage for Parliament has to submit his name to a committee Instead of to a. Qommunity, which should be the democratic method — have given that hot-air merchant, Fred Cooke, authority to let himself loose officially on the Btreet corners again. Well, after alh perhaps Fred C. 1b his own best antidote for tho public. His potato is Cooked. Then the Her. John Archer, who is anything but reverent when on the political stump, is also again authorised to preach and teach and spout radicalism — the gospel according to Henry Holland and Friends Karl Marx and Lenin tho late. Chris. Renn, the perky printer who spreads himself before Conciliation Councils arid. the Arbitration Court, is another, of the annointed and authorised. And, finally, brdthreh, Geordy Owen of Opawa, who slings a paint brush over the high cost of housing, completes tho Canterbury cycle of candidates. The also-Boatedß, of course, are Messrs Howard, Sullivan and Armstrong. 5* II 11 The tragic death of young Frank Hyde, of Paraparaumu, who was THE killed by contact with a HIDDEN train carrying troops home HYDE. from Trentham the other day, reminds "Truth" of the one-time famous Dan Hyde. The late Frank Hyde was Dan's youngest son. It seeriis ages ago since Dan Hyde was the most popular barber along Lambton Quay. His saloon, just around the corner past Stewart Dawson's, „as alwayß full of loungers, keen to talk w|th Dan On any subject and rid© his poultry hobby with him; ' Dan forsook the razor and scissors to become tho Agricultural Department's first coatoff demonstrator m poultry for tho good of Mr. Farmer, organising tho poultry section of tho department. Later on Dan bojamo a poultry farmer himself, .settling out m Paruparaumu raising egff fruit for Lho Wellington market.

Auckland may ; claim one of its most

■"■'. ' brilliant barristers ALLAN MOODY, as Jts own. Law- •'"; ' ..: yer Allan Moody who received the hefty compliment of being* one^ of Auckland's smartest criminal lawyers the other day — from an opposing counsel, by the way, was born and bred at. the port of Oriehunga and from his earliest days was doomed to be a lawyer.' He had his early training with .his brother, Lawyer R. N. Moody, and was a fully qualified lawyer while still* m the eyes of the law, a minor.- He entered into partnership with this brother "who was a lecturer at the University as well, and the partnership lasted until 191(5 when . the junior member branched off on his own account. During the nine years he has been m business on his own account, -Allan Moody has figured m some of the largest cases m city, having earned the reputa^n quoted at tlie outset of this* sketch. . As a side line, he took a special course of navigation to fit himself i for marine and collision cases and his successes m this line have-earned for, him the, distinction -of being retained by the Merchant Service Guild as well as by the largest arid best known maritime concerns m .the Old Cduntry as counsel and legal adviser. \ Mr., Moody has one obsession and onelhobby only and that is Law. He has m his younger days played football and was always a lover of tho manly art of self defence, having been a member of the Boxing Association, while.he has a soft side for soldiering 1 , having held a commission m the R.G.A. and R.P.A. for which he has rendered signal service. A convincing: and fluent speaker, keen and alert m debate. Lawyer Moody is a hard man to be up against m a professional bout, While his; cheerful and buoyant personality combined with ability have raised him rapidly to the position ho nowvgtip]ss44in -,the^r,dfe&^i£jto^he: : hft» chosen a%d\made hls.bwriV.( jV, ! Of course he Isn't Bill now — except to . his- very intimates. But BILL Bill he -was and Bill LUXFORD. he is to hia old friends • . —^-nearly as rriany of them In Wellington, where hia career started, as tin Wanganui, where It is at its' zenith. We refer to Mr. William M. Luxf prd, a member of one of the earliest Wellington families, whose enterprise and personality have brought him to the 'fore m .various places, but particularly m Wanganui. In the riverside city W'L., apart from his business activities, has done his fair share of service on local bodies. He is a prominent member of tho Now Zealand Catholic Federation— in which has held most responsible positions. In that body ho has set a splendid example of tolerance while not abating one jot of principle. And his principles have ,beon so high that he wouldn't havo suffered much m prestige had he dropped one or two overboard. No doubt his attitude m. this respect is the result of. his being a "sport." Not ono of the "on the bank" type, but ono who has participated personally m sport. Ho has played football welli but has excelled at cricket, at which he has earned representative honors. He has not^ forgotten yet how to wield the willow 'Willingly, nor how to trundle. In fact, he is still quite ypung, despite — or is It because of?— being the father of a large family that •Is following well In Dad's footsteps as useful members of the community. There's nothing like the good old pioneering stock which is reflected m moat of their descendants who are built on right Uneß and havo the right partners. :: :: :t When a man has reached the age of retiring, it is C. E. ARMSTRONG, usual for people to say a Jot of nice things about him. Occasionally It so happens that these things can truthfully bo said, and such was the case .at Glsborne last week, when C. E. Armstrong, the gentleman who has held down the position of District Engineer for the past 23 years, said farewell to his comrades of the service. The many gatherings which have been held to farewell him bore striking testimony to his popularity, and it is doubtful whether tho service has ever held a more popular officer, or a more conscientious ono. C.E., as he is called by his many friends m the service and out of It, came to Gisborne m the days when roads were an unknown quantity, and it can almost be Bald that ho has road od Poverty Boy, for he has been connected with all the main work m connection with tho district's roads. When C.E. commenced work In tho Glsborno office tho exports were arguing about tho route for the Glsborno north railway, and several different routes wcro proposed. Tho new engineer had a say m the mattor, and the railway now runs on the lino which ho selected. Many of the road works suggested by C.E. wore subjected to a good deal of criticism, but In every caso his decisions havo proved ontirely satisfactory to tho district, and instead of having to awim through a sea of mud wJion leaving by tho south or north roads nowadays, tho public j?o by ear on Quito pasuablo highways. Tho metalling and tar-soaling work on tho GiHborno — Napier road, which was completed last year, has boon favorably commented on m the Proas throughout Now Zealand, and has given Qlsborno a road which can bo used during tho wholo yoar. C.E. has been a prominent worker In tho Church ot England locally tor many years, and haa generally proved a vory useful and deslr* oble znombor of tho community.