A GREAT CALAMITY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18585, 20 December 1934, Page 3

A GREAT CALAMITY

DEATH OF MR. D. FULTON MR, GOODFELLOW’S TRIBUTE The death of Mr. Dynes Fulton, chairman of directors of the New Zealand, Co-operative Dairy Company, was rbi ferred. to by Mr. W. Goodfellow, wHcj for many years was managing directoi; of the company, as a great calamity fob the dairy industry of the Dominion. Air. Fulton’s kindly nature and sound advice, said Mr. Goodfellow, would he greatly missed, not only by bis codirectors, but also by the. many them sands of dairy farmers supplying tip) company. He had personally been very closely associated with Mr. Fulton for over 23 years. When visiting London recently, Mr. Fulton had received a wonderful hearing on account of his frank and abje presentation of the problems of the dairy farmer of New Zealand. He was sjlways loyal to his fellow farmers and was a great fighter for them, especially when a matter of principle was involved. The dairy farmers of the Dominion, and) particularly those in the Waikato, owed, a great debt of gratitude to him for his long and loyal service, which might pe exemplified by his recent forceful presentation of their case before the Government.

Mr. Fulton, continued Mr. Goodfellow, was a very strong man in every way, and yet he was very simple in habit and unassuming in his mannqr. His great forte was undoubtedly Ijis transparent honesty of purpose, coupled with ability and remarkable energy. No man could have worked harder fpr any cause, and few had worked to better purpose. Mr. Fulton would ho - greatly missed in Hamilton, concluded Mr. Goodfellow, but he would long he remembered as one of the stalwarts of co-operation, and as a founder of the dairy industry.