SIR HENRY LUNN.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1926, Page 2

SIR HENRY LUNN.

VISIT TO DOMINION. A ROMANTIC CAREER. AUCKLAND, April 25. Sir Henry Limit, one of the most zealous and active advocates of international peace and Christian'reunion, is a passenger on the Niagara, due at Auckland on Monday from Vancouver. Sir Henry, who is one of England’s big capitalists, was so desirous of helping to realise his ideals that he recently turned over his wealth, estimated in millions, to a trust foundation, to promote unity among the churches and peace among the nations. His wealth was amassed from his English touring agency, and from his hotels in Switzerland. It is understood that he will retain an income of only £SOO a year. He has made provision for his wife, and has established a private trust fund of half his fortune for his relations, which will revert to the newly established foundation.

Sir Henry is now on a world lecture tour oil behalf of international l»acc. His plans in regard to New Zealand are not definitely known, but. it is understood that he will give addresses in tho principal centres before leaving on his tour. .Sir Henry stated that one reason for announcing his plans was because lie wanted people to know a hat he lectured and preached that he had finished money-making, and that lie was no longer adding to his personal fortune. “They say that Englishmen come to this country to lecture for tho sake of dollars,” he said during an interview in New York. “I have not come to America for the dollars. I take no Ices. I pay my own hotel expenses. 1 have come with a message, and that message is to bring the churches into line with a united front to outlaw war.” Sir Henry’s career lias all the elements of a romance. Forty-two years ago he was a Methodist missionary in India. lie later became a business man and built up a fortune, at the same time carrying on religious work as a layman. He has written several hooks dealing with religious, international and municipal subjects, and has for many years edited, at a financial loss, the “Review of the Churches,” which will be continued under the trusteeship. He has arranged international municipal visits between England and Germany, America, Switzerland and Scandinavia. It is understood that he will continue to direct the various businesses connected with Sir Henry Limn, Ltd., his tourist organisation, with headquarters in London.