Land development.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19637, 25 July 1935, Page 2

Land development.

THE WAIKATO SOHEME. ADDRESS BY MR BRYANT. o —* WELLINGTON ROTARY IMPRESSED Mr D. V. Bryant, of Hamilton, addressed the Wellington Rotary Club on Tuesday on tlie Waikato land settlement scheme. Members of the club were greatly impressed. In introducing the speaker Sir Alfred Ransom, the Acting Prime Minister, referred to the great work Mr Bryant Was doing in the Waikato. He had already set up and endowed a children’s convalescent home at Raglan which must have cost him about £60,000. When he visited the home, with Lady Ransom, they had spent one of the most delightful evenings possible among the children, one and all of whom regarded Mr Bryant as their godfather, or “Uncle Dan.” But it was not sufficient for this man lo give of his means. He had been successful in business, and now not only was lie giving his means but he was giving his life with it. He regarded wealth as a responsibility, a means of doing good to others. In his address .Mr Bryant acknowledged the great help given him by Mr Han-y Valder, at one time district governor of Rotary. “ If 1 had got nothing out of it except the friendship of Harry Valder,” said Mr Bryant, feelingly, “ 1 feel that the time would not have been wasted.”