TOUCHING TRIBUTES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4043, 4 May 1938, Page 6

TOUCHING TRIBUTES

THE LATE ARTHUR BRYANT. A MARK OF RESPECT. Before business was commenced at the annual meeting of Te Awamutu and district groups of the New Zealand Herd Testing Association yesterday afternoon, Mr A. S. Wyllie, who presided, paid a tribute to the memary of the late Mr Arthur T. Bryant, of Orakau, whose untimely death had occurred a fortnight ago under tragic circumstances. Mr Wyllie said Mr Bryant had been a farmer of much more than average ability, keenly enthusiastic. Those who had been associated with him in public life knew how much time, thought and energy he had put in for the benefit of his fellow men. He was a consistent supporter of herd testing, calf-marking, and testing for mammitis, besides the sire survey scheme of the Association. The Te Awamutu district had lost a very valuable settler, concluded Mr Wyllie. Then, at his instance, the assemblage stood in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Mr Bryant., and of sympathy with his widow, young family and other relatives. MOTION OF SYMPATHY. During the progress of the Te Awa mutu District High School Committee meeting on Tuesday evening, the chairman, Mr G. B. Melrose, referred to the untimely death of Mr Arthur T. Bryant, of Orakau, saying that deceased was a very keen educationist, • a prominent member of the special committee working for the erection of a new intermediate high school in Te Awamutu to serve the whole district, chairman of the Kihikihi School Committee for the,past five years, and altogether a very useful member of the community. The committee recorded a vote of sympathy with the family in their bereavement.