IN MEMORIAM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 91, 18 August 1915, Page 8

IN MEMORIAM.

THE LATiE W. C. MALONE. Before tire ordinary business of tire monthly meeting ol the Stratford bounty Council this morning, the chairman (Ur W. Hathaway) said ho had a very sad duty to perform in proposing a resolution of sympathy in connection with the death of Lieuten-ant-Colonel W. G. Malone. He said the late Mr Malone was the lirst clerk of the County Council, beginning his duties on 1890, and continuing then until August, 1900, with great credit to himself and the Council. Mr Malone had had a very wide local body experience, and by the knowledge gained thereby, his services to the Stratford County Council and to its ratepayers were invaluable. When the Council was lirst formed, Mr Malone was the only man who really knew anything about local body administration, and in those early days he had done splendid work. Or Hathaway then meved :—‘That this Council extend its heartfelt sympathy to Mrs W. G. Malone and family in their sad and sudden bereavement.” In seconding the motion, Cr Smith said lie had great respect lor such a brave soldier as Lieutenant-Colonel Malone.

Cr Walters said the late Mr Malone was one of themselves, anil it was hard to know what the people of the district would do without him. It was hard to replace such a man, but it was a consolation to know that the late oUlcer had died the "way ho would have wished, lighting tor his Country.

Other Councillors spoke in similar terms of the late Mr Malone. Cr Coleman said that he had known Mr Malone for 30 years, and in his opinion, the district could not afford to lose such a brave arid great man as the late officei' commanding the Wellington Regiment. Mr Chas. Penn thanked the Council for its motion of sympathy on behalf of the family. The Chairman said Mr Malone had devoted a great number of years in the work of the County, and he would like to, have an enlarged photograph of the dead soldier hang in the Council Chambers. He would like the photograph to bo of some material that would not fade, sp it would be good for all time.