ROTARY CLUB

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 386, 22 November 1932, Page 4

ROTARY CLUB

WEEfCLY LUNCHE^ two high school bq\ give interesting addresses | SCHOOL TROPHY AWApJ At the Rotorua Rotary CliM ly luncheon yesterday the spS were two Rotorua High SchoojJ J. S. Alexander and J. Lindsaji petitors for the pfizes donat'ed® R. A. Gardner Tor the best b;9 girl speaker at the school. Bof« spoke for approximately ten >1 an4 displayed a good know]e« their subject, which were ptj in' a most' conipetent manner, i adcjresses were judged by Arcl Phatterton and" ftir S. L. Paters't tvho, after consultation, awai j first trophy to Alexander, ^ said had won poihts for arrat." of facts, diction, fluency andt of address. The sebpnd speakt had been handicappe'd'in therj matter at ' his' diSposal, hkd j to some extent by lack of exp and had also"' departbd siighth the matter of his' selectionL ' Slr George Grey M Taking for his address "SirfH Grey," Alexander handled H je'ct very capahly and referrei respect in' which Sir George vr; by all New Zealanders, as ti who had done sueh valuablet ation work in -New Zealand an! parts of the Empire. ' Sir Geoti born in 1830 and at an early / service in New Zealand and West Australia, tvh'ere he di: exceptiohal' promise" by his vc personal courage. . At the age of ' 28 he was ap; Goverhor of South' Australia shortly afterwards came to Kt land at a'.time" when the couni in the midst of the turmoil of age wai-'. By *taet and pefsei he succeeded in gaining the co£ and respect of the natives and ually succeeded in quieteningt! like spirit' of" the "Maori, desp: position to his methods by ti; lish Government.

Although he eventually pro; success of these methods and! icy he was later again reprl by his » Government and wasi from the colony and sadly farjg by the Maoris who looked tipa as their only true friend. ^ On account of his indep views he again incurred thef sure of the English Governmt: ing the Indian mutiny and i was sent'to New Zealand toi to suppress another wai' wp broken out. He again lostt in getting at the root of the t and although the Waikato trih f ound difficult to deal with, his to the colony resulted in the! being -suppressed. The conclusion of a usefulM came when Sir George was ari called and after giving the be| of his life to his country wass| by the Queen and a pensionl him. Finding that he was noil in retirement Sir George rettil the land of his triumph and fcl years was actively engaged n|j Zealand politics. ^ Eminent Scientist | "Lord Rutherford -of Nelso'Jg the subject of the address of l£| say and although handicappedl information of this eminenlfi Zealander than the subject of™ ponent's address, he made ti* -of the information at his dis|i| The speaker made interesfrjj f erences to the ideals and exptl of Lord Rutherford in the aitua scientisf; to better the conditiij humanity by his researches, aua ed the early history of Lortj nfi ford from his education atl College to the time when he ti his studies in E'ngland, and I mented in an attempt to divil atom. Due to his efforts, kfi the inedical world was indeilg him in a proved method offl the growth of CahCer, andlfl awarded the Nobel prize forli;« other experiments. Lord M |.ford has become known asa| tist of ngte and has receiveil tributes to his ability. f/