The Waikato Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1934. A GREAT LEADER.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19452, 17 December 1934, Page 8

The Waikato Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1934. A GREAT LEADER.

A cruel stroke of Fate has robbed New. Zealand of one of its greatest industrial leaders at the very time when the need of leadership in industry was never more evident. For that reason the sympathy which will be felt with Mr Dynes Fulton’s family and relatives in their sad bereavement will acquire added depth t “ r ° u ?“ the sense of direct and personal loss which will remain with all those connected with-the primary industries, and particularly, the dairy farmers of South Auckland. ...

From humble beginnings Mr Fulton carved out a career which not only bore the stamp of personal success, but was ingrained with the nobler imprint of service to others. The same inexhaustible oapacity for hard work which he displayed in earlier years in the conduct of his own affairs was translated in terms of energy, enthusiasm, honesty and sincerity to the-great task of improving the organisation and development of what is now the Dominions greatest primary industry.

Nearly twenty years ago Mr Fulton commenced his active association in the control of the company which was later to evolve into the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, and for the last decade—the period of the company’s greatest growth and expansion—he' had been chairman of directors. Under his guidance the policy of the company was moulded into one ot enthusiasm and directness. His personal qualities precluded him from any other methods of/ business than those of fearless honesty, impartiality and vigour, and the rightness of those methods is clearly to be seen to-day.

In the affairs of the dairyfarmer Mr Fulton took the keenest interest. He was an ever-ready champion of the cause of the humblest, and to this willingness to plead in any quarter the cause which he was convinced deserved sympathy, may be attributed m great measure the enormous nervous and physical strain which was laid upon' him during the last three or four yfears of his life. Throughout the depression he was an outspoken and inspiring leader. Farmers unhesitatingly placed their confidence in him, and despite the many temptations which the recent difficult years must have offered, he never abused or misused the confidence and trust reposed in him.

The death of Mr Dynes Fulton, coming at a time when the affairs of the dairy industry have been placed upon a national basis, may have effects which are as ydt incalculable. Although he was opposed to certain features of the reorganisation policy recently enunciated by the Government, he was a fair and courteous opponent, and in the present instance his aim was not to oppose the dairy legislation for itself, but to absolutely sure that no alternative was possible. Having satisfied himself on that scoie, his co-operation would have been forthcoming to the great benefit of .the industry, and it is understood the Government would have sought his services in the higher executive sphere which has been created: ____________