HARDWORKING PEERS.

Shannon News, 8 January 1924, Page 4

HARDWORKING PEERS.

LGfett IjEVBRHHIjSIES DAY. WAKENED AT? 4.30 A.M. DANCING HIS CHIEF HOBBY There arrived iii Auckland last wrfeCß pihbafcly hardest vrorlang niab. iu the BtitiSh Empire—uo-d LgVei’iiblme. “It btbuld break- my heart if I aid not get plenty Of work, he Said. For 60 of his 72 years he has forked anything from 15 to 1* hours a day* but with so much relish, such zest, that he appears more active in body and mind than most men or 40 or 60, . If it were not disrespectful toucan a peer of the realm "perky” and "fun of beans.’ - that would be the description to at- him. He has a ruddy com. plexicn and a keen blue eye, a quick Stfep and a ready laugh. Arid this is ]ioav this coiossally Wealthy man 'spends his day:— ‘‘l get up every morning at A few light gymnastics, a bath and a clip of lea - , and then the day’s work begins. There is generally a pile ol reports awaiting me. from New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands, Thdia, Chin a, almost aynwhere. They must be digested and decisions made. Breakfast is at 7.30 and I am in my office at 5.30. My workers can see me Avorking and I them. And so reports, decisions, Avork ail day, an 1 I am lucky if I can get away in the evening without a full bag to go ovei at home. "Hobbies? Well I am fond of dancing. And if it is dancing lam at, it is 11.30 and sometimes 1.30 before I ani to bed. . .But still,.if I am not awake at 4.30, my night-watchman nfust wake me. I am very deaf, you know, and he starts a powerful electric buzzer in my ear,” “Most of us in your position would be taking 'it easier.

= “That’s where you miss it,” replied Lord Leverhulme. “I’ve always plenty to do and it keeps me young. What is my mission in-New Zealand? Part of my world tour, inspecting the firms depots and factories. My New Zealand manager, Mr G. E. Tatlow,

i..io me in tow. We are going alight throw to Wellington and then on to Sydney, trying to earn an honest penny. My ■•*•««* *« finding out, however, thetruthofthe Roman proverb, ‘The chain that holds the captive, holds the captor, too ie tlmv are keeping my hose to tne grindstone, their own must be with me there.” ■ , 1 ,ora Leverhulme had opportunity 1o eiviov his hobby on the Niagara. •ln„ danced with all the young gala c r thr* ship,” said one passenger. M Ri.n fancy-dress ball he appeared a-. I lie “Departed Spirit,’ a weird costume indeed.”! Other passengers destribed him as enjoying the sports and em-v.tally the Christmas festivities. Tim (ouch of old.time courtesy in his bearing was also reflected in his c olhes. He landed in Auckland in a o Tey tAveed suit, with the old swal-ic<AA--tail or cut.away coat, a grey overcoat, and grpy full-crowned bell, topper. •

Rearing-in mind Lord Le\ r erhulme*s years and also all he has done for his employees, there is something very appropriate, in the verse he had printed on his. Christmas cards: Now maybe I’m moss-backed and rusty,

IV q here's, how tilings line up to me When some modern statistical expert Charts “Capital'” “Labour,” and he, With zig.zag graph lines and figures Marks. “Labour” as if it wer e coal, And “Capital,” as it were hard cash, And neither had body nor soul Plague take all this plague economic. That marks human lives on its. chart, Why “Capital’’ is our friend and neighbour,

An<J “Labour” has body and heart, Both, are fathers and -brothers and husbands, ■ , With mothers and sweethearts and Avives. Both love, and can hate, both dream and both want, Both are live folks living their liA'es.