THE LATE MR CROOKS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16452, 14 June 1921, Page 7

THE LATE MR CROOKS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Will you find space in your paper for the enclosed letter received Ly me from the late Mr Will Crooks some years ago, when I had only been in the Dominion a few months. What :i man England has lost in Mr Crooks, and one that will be hard to replace. Everyone, rich and poor, that knew him was proud of him. 1 was at one of his meetings about thirty years ago when the men Avere. dissatisfied with their wages, etc.. and ho told us: No strikes, boys: think of your ivives and children. 1 will settle your grievance, *’ which ho always did. He would always tell us : “Your Queen and country, like my own, should be your first thought.” 1 can recollect when Mr Sod do n died the words Mr Crooks said were : “ M hat a loss New Zealand lias suffered.” Like myself, he put his Queen, and country first, and 1 trust my old friends still in Hounslow and Ihvickenham. Middlesex, will place a wreath on his grave in my name, as I am too far away to do it myself. T am. etc., HARRY C4REENBANK. 141, Peterborough Street, Christchurch, My dear Mr Greenbank, —Many thanks for your kind thought. Your gift will indeed be a memento and a reminder of the thousands of good friends l have root in N>„- Zealand, and your good self in particular. Re the Budget: Y'es, indeed ire shall liavo to fight as we never fought before or wo shall bo unworthy of the liberty our fathers fought and suffered for our sakes. Mrs Crooks joins me in kind thoughts and good wishes.—Will Crooks. Dunedin, December 5, 1909.