ORGANIZING—WITH A BIG O

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 6

ORGANIZING— WITH A BIG O

WILLIAM HONEY, otherwise known as "Bill," looks at first sight like God's <best shot at the perfect American' business man; at second glance, too human and too humorous. Matter of fact, he's Melbourne born, Caulfield Grammar School taught, and a traveller of the wide world, whose seven seas arid several continents he has crossed, on. business, many Came to New Zealand m 1899 to make his fortune;, made it— or, any - how, made himself a place m the civic life of Wellington. His organizing abilities have been made use of before by those with a pash for pageants, and he is m charge-4-on the organization side — of the big carnival, pageant, "Dream of Fair Women" and what not, with which Wellington hopes to complete the building of its Art Gallery and Museum. "Organizing," says he, "is just putting other metis, brains together. Quite simple." But as those who are expert with jig-saw puzzles may know, this same little piecing together of things, sometimes takes doing. As a matter of fact,, many of the fruitiest carnival schemes— and said carnival promises to be not altogether unfruity — originate m the brains of their organizers; : " ; ■ . , : ;., , . . A young brother, of whom he is very proud, was the originator of the two-minute silence scheme for Armistice Day— a ceremony which touches the whole British Empire. Honey minor, a Fleet Street journalist and'exmember of the London "Daily Mail" staff, wrote on his deathbed the letter from which the scherrie was evolved.' There is a still younger sister who won the Felton Bequest, a Melbourne travelling art scholarship, which put her m the way of being the "Daily Mail's" decorative expert and a sensation m last year's Paris salon. "Bill" Honey himself is a ping-pong champion— a musician and lover of music; a human, but capable, business man, and one of New Zealand's most ardent and energetic lovers.