Man of History

NZ Truth, Issue 1174, 31 May 1928, Page 6

Man of History

IF the early history of the West Coast, with all its romance of the gold-digging days, is lost to historians of the future, the fault will not lie at the door of E. I. Lord, of Greymouth. . For Lord is the unofficial historian of that ■ romantically historical Westland. And what he does not know about "the good old days" could be written on a postage stamp. He has already compiled and produced a number of historical booklets and souvenir records, but his greatest achievement was the very fine Grey district diamond jubilee souvenir book, which he produced for the celebrations m February last. The preparation of this historical book, which . is destined to find a place m the national archives for the information of posterity, was not only a monument to the knowledge and labor of Lord and those who assisted him m its/ compilation, but a tribute to the civic pride that made it possible. Lord is very proud of the book. If he does nothing further for the Greydistrict, he has left on record something that will be invaluable to the historian of the future. Get Lord talking about the old days, when gold was the lure, and you realize that for some enterprising novelist there awaits a best-seller.