MR. E. EARLE VAILE.

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 82, 27 November 1931, Page 6

MR. E. EARLE VAILE.

Mr. E. Earle Vaile, Independent Reform candidate, was born in Auckland, the son of Mr. Samuel Vaile, >ne of Auckland's earliest business nxmx. He was edueated at the Auckland ^ramnxai' School, from which he passed the New Zealaxxd civil sexwice .ntx auce exaxxxinatioix, gaining highest narks for Aew Zealand in his year. .'ix leaving school, he entered his father's firm, eventually taking

charge of the ousiness. While with the firm, Mx*. v aile xxxade a vex'y high reputation as a valuer, becoming tlxe acknowledged valuer in Aucldaxxd of eity property. During this time he negetiatod loanS on mortgage for his firm's elients totalling xnore than £1,000,000, and of this great sum, as a result of his expert knowledge of values, not one penny was lost to th investox*s, a record not equalled o a- proachec?' by any other man or firm in the Doxxxinion.

About 23 years ago, feeling the stra.n cf his business, Mr. Vaile felt be would like to live in the country for a few years. He purehased his Broadlands property and has lived on it eVvxr since. For the first 15 years .of his life there he was practically iselnted owing to the condition of the roads, and dev ted nxuch of his time to study. Always interested in the arts, literature, science and eeonomies, h'e gradually gathered around him one of the finest libraries o standa- d "vorks oxx these subjects in th country. Econoxxxics was a favourifce s.ubjeet cf his and of this sc ->c> he madf1 a special study. Wlulc "n Auckland, Mr. Vaile took a ko.vx intcest in local and national He was at cne time ■ the Ha V'r of the Auc! land Di-bafing Society and was one of the fouxxders of the --uek'and Iranch of the Refonr; f'Jitical Asso* iation, heing its fi -st vice-.nresident, the iate Rt. Hon. V. F. r'lassey teing the president. Mr. Valle's r-ason3 for entering politics at the present juncture is 'the feeling that, now he has developed

his Broadlands property, he has the leisure to enable him to olter nxs sevices and the fruits of his wide ex perience and study to his country. Rotorua owes a special debt to Mr. Vaile. At the time of the formation of the borough, he was Rotorua's assessor on the assessment court which finally established the valuations for freeholding purposes and as a result largely of his efforts these were fixed at a figure approximately half that at first adopted by the Government.