SIR WALTER BUCHANAN,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1638, 3 January 1913, Page 4

SIR WALTER BUCHANAN,

'A WAIRARAPA TRIBUTE.

.: Mr, W. E. Bidwill,. president of the Wairarapa Racing Club, pAid a tribute to Sir Walter Buchanan at the Tauherinikau racecourse yesterday. -. t' :■': Addressing the assemblage after the. first race, Mr. ■ Bidwill stated ; that they all. knew Sir Walter Buchanan, add now that ho had been knighted they would all join in cangrafatlatioiis. Apart altogether from Jwditleß, the outstanding fact was; that Sir Walter wue the first WairaVajm citk fcen <Mi whom tho honour, of knighthood had been conferred. After, referring to the fact that Sir Walter Buchanan had "startMi with nothing," and had achieved sueOesS by pcrsevcratico aid straightforward conduct, Mr. Bidwill refernd to him as "one of the finest men not only in tho tVairarapal, but in New Zealand." There never had bean anything connected with sport, charitable institutions, or tho agriOuitural industry that Sir Walter.hod declined to help, if he thought that it was ft good cause. But more than that, he Could say "No" when the' occasion, demahded.it, and that was tamcthiMjvhieh very few men could do. ' Sir Walter, though how -M years' of age, was energetio and active, and an. oxamplo to tho younger generation. PossibV . maiiy young men would be sorry to follow him right through an 'ele«tion : campaign'-in fact they woiild bo uitablo to.-S.o so. The speaker then ! went on;to remark that in the Home for Incurables at Grey town thoro stood a permanent nionumcait to Sir Walter Buchanan's name, and by this and other generous rifts he' had shown tho peoplo in Now Zealand, what could bo done with money, cvad had set aa. example, that ought to be followed by all. Filially, Mr. Bidwill remarked that the prosperity'of the Wairarapa, and also, in ft large measure of New Zealaiidj Was duo to the efforts of Sir Walter Buchanan and Mr. Brydon (now deceased) in establishing the frozen, meat amd dairy, industries. These gentlemen had fctuck to their t-Asks in AU adverse circumstances, and: had never flinched oven when opposed to Rreat odds. Ho woe euro that all present would join iti wishing Sir Waller BuehaliAli prosperity.: '. ■' • • , ' Thyee cheorO wero thin given for Sir, Walter, and thoso wero followed by cheers for Mr. Bidwill.