OF GREAT WORTH

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 125, 21 May 1932, Page 3

OF GREAT WORTH

THE HON. W. P. BEEVES » DEATH A NATIONAL LOSS Each of the facets of the Hon. W. P. Reeves’s career reflected a man of great worth. As a statesman he will be remembered as one of the ablest members of the Seddonian Cabinet; as a thinker he placed his stamp on New Zealand economic history by virtue of the practical application of his ideas in the Arbitration system; and in each of his capacities as author, sociologist, economist and journalist he made a distinguished contribution to the country which he served. But w r hen all this is said there still remains one field of influence in which he was of inestimable value to New Zealand. As a permanent exile in England ho was a definite and necessary link between the two countries. From the time of his appoitment as Agent General, the qualities of the man became identified in English minds with the qualities of the land he loved, and the usefulness of this great New Zealander in maintaining the prestige of Now Zealand cannot bo easily measured.

The Hon. W. P. Reeves will be remembered with respect and affection by many New Zealand sportsmen who met him in London, and he will always be linked with the sporting records of the Dominion through the Loving Cup subscribed for by New Zealanders in Britain and presented to the 1924 AU Blacks in recognition of their unbeaten record. The verse inscrived on the cup was written by Mr Reeves: — To the shining leaf and the jersey black. To the journey without defeat. To the mighty heart of the strving' pack, And the runners with flying feet This loving cup drink, drink in turn While memories stir each breast, And lift it high to the Silver Fern And the record which beat the best. W ASTE PAPER. —For Sale in An Quantities. Apply “Press” Office*