Big Man Brbwn

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 6

Big Man Brbwn

GAN it be that men of the calibre of A! Brown, who runs' the.. Star Hotel at Tauranga, are becoming a thing of the past? .Certain it is that the big type of man — that is. big m more ways than' one — are not as often met with as they used to be* and their place is being taken by a more puny type, both mentally and physically, who. have, perhaps that veneer of polish which passes for: smartness— even slickness— but leaves much wanting.-:. : - ■"•■ ... '"• ... . ■■' . ■ V V. '.■■■ ;'■ ' Boniface BroAvn has been at Tauranga since 1912, before which' he was ,in^he New Zealand police force, and he is a man of wide knowledge of his fello^vmen, and equally. broad-mind,e"d about matters m general; at the same time he is essentially the robust . per-, sdnality which delights m the sight of a thoroughbred, or a pack of hounds m full, cry over the, ppeiv country. . For seven years he was president of the Bay; of Plenty Racing Club, not long since resigned, and has been for a cbnsidei-abie number of years Master of the Waikato Hunt Chib m which he takes a keen interest. Brown on his mourit.cut a fine figure of a man, and he lias a ; crowd of : ; friends who can vouch for the fact, that he is an out--and-out, sportsman, with ho pretence of being- what he is not. .This has much" to do : with ' the respect with which, he is regarded by all who come into contact with him. .