"Tarn" O'Dunedin

NZ Truth, Issue 1153, 5 January 1928, Page 4

"Tarn" O'Dunedin

THERE is a line in Bobbie Burns' "Tap O' Shanter," which, trans-

lated from the barbaric into English, sa^s: "Tarn loved him like a very brother,"

With all due respect to the immortal Burns, we might even alter this to: "All Diinedin loves 'Tarn' Ritchie like a very brother" — for "Tarn" Ritchie, general manager o£ Beggs, Ltd., Dunedin, is ; indeed, one of the most popular men in; the southern centre.

Ritchie is a son of old Scotland, broad iin speech and broader in outlook. ;He has that dignity which is part and parcel of your, real Scot; yet, at times, he can unbend and be what the' world terms "a good sport." Though, of course, Ritchie's work is purely managerial, he is a finished musician and can conduct a choir or an orchestra with an ease and finish that are decidedly professional. Moreover a song: ft-o^m "Tarn" Ritchie is a bulwark in any programme.

As r an after-dinner speaker, Ritchie has few equals; but it is as a man that he excels — a man who looks after his company's employees with kindliness and interest; a man who is honest with himself and those about him

Twelve "Tarn" Ritchies in every town; and New Zealand's future would be assured.