Never Stalls!

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

Never Stalls !

IP, there is one man who. when he opens his mouth In Auckland, com T mands attention, it is Councillor A. J. Stallworthy. In fact, opening his mouth is not a tiling done. by halves m so far as this very hustling personality m matters of:, Conimunity interest is concerned, and .never having lived m a. country where flying insects are over numerous, the necessity for any precautions has never dawned upon him.'"". . .; '. y . '•■-', : - ■■.■■■'. '' ' _ ; . Possibly he has been too busy talking to give . . the matter thought, for Stallworthy will talk oh anything, oh any occasion, and .for any length, but he specialises on those matters chiefly which affect the joy unrestrained, and unchecked, of' his erring fellow-crea-tures, who . have their . own. ideas of pleasure. ' > ; . : . It might be said of him m the words of a forgotten poet: "I love my fellowcreatures, I do all the good I can," and "To all their little weaknesses I open people's eyes." . Of course, a man who opens his mouth as wide as A:J. would be expected to have a voice which would reach to the ends of the' earth, ' and though literally it may not do that, it cannot fail to penetrate the aural senses of his listeners, even if much that he enunciates passes over their heads. . ThtJ gift of oratory is not given to us all; but were such the case the world would be a more noisy, place than it is to-day, and as talking of the wrongdoing of others is not a punishable offence, it is safe to say that he will carry oh his good work to his last breath. '