The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911. THE LATE MR. T.E. TAYLOR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 133, 28 July 1911, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911. THE LATE MR. T.E. TAYLOR.

The news received to-day of the death of Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., will be received with profound regret from one end of New Zealand to tho other. A man of great personality, and one of the finest speakers in the Dominion, lie, many years ago, made his mark in politics, and but for his extreme views on certain questions would assuredly have attained Cabinet rank. Keenly critical in debate, and utterly fearless in Ids advocacy of the cause ho believed to he right, the late Mr Taylor was a speaker one delighted to listen to, and one who swayed great meetings as few New Zealand orators can do. In the House his utterances were always listened to, and his influence was very great with members of the House. Possibly no man will bo more greatly missed from his place amongst tho rank and file of tho Assembly than Mr Taylor. As a man of business and affairs, Mr TayIpr was prominent in Christchurch, and he took a leading part in the progressive movements which of late rears have taken place in the Cathedral City, holding the oflice of Mayor at the time of Ids death. If the late Mr Taylor had one ambition greater than another, it was to see prohibition carried throughout the Dominion, and no more uncompromising fee to file liquor traffic has ever stood up against it in this country; Mr Taylor’s last moments were characteristically calm : his fortitude and courage were remarkable, and his end came with tragic suddenness. For many years a sufferer, it was matter for wonder how he accomplished so much work. That he should have been cut down in Ids prime is indeed a loss to tho community.