The Rolleston Statue.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 2

The Rolleston Statue.

The Rolleston statue which was unveiled recently at Christchurch, is of white marble and is Bft high, standing on a pedestal of polished stone 10ft high, and is placed in front of the Museum, facing towards Canterbury College

At the ceremony Sir John Hall delivered a fine eulogy of his dead colleague and friend. He spoke of the foresight of Mr. Rolleston in the setting apart of public reserves and endowments in Canterbury, and referring to l.is Parliamentary work, extending over 20

years, said that though many differed from his opinions there was not one who did not acknowledge his single-mind-ed and unselfish desire to promote the welfare of the colony. He had strong faith in the future greatness and prosperity of the colony, and was anxious that New Zealand should not only be prosperous, but that its people should be well educated, with a high sense of their political duties and responsibilities. From beginning to end of his career he acted up to a high standard of publicduty. and he had left an example to younger men which should be of infinite value to the public life of the country.