THE LATE HENRY FAULL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 26 August 1909, Page 4

THE LATE HENRY FAULL.

A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. The Education Board met on Tuesday 1 evening, when there were present Messrs. Wade (chairman), Morton, J Kennedy, Rogers, Trimble, Adlam, and ! Young. j Out of respect to the memory of their 1 iate colleague, Mr. Henrv Faull, no ordinary business was transacted. The chairman, Mr. Wade, feelingly icfcrred to the death on Saturday las{, : of Mr. Faull, who had been a member of,the Board for very many years. Mr., l'a'ull, he said, was so well known up ; every member of the Board and to the inhabitants of the education district of Taranaki that lie need say but little. Mr. Faull was the oldest member of the » Board, having been a member for over i thirty years. If the books "were searclnd j it would be found that he was the most punctual and most regular attendant at meetings of all the members of the Board at any time. This spoke volumes for what deceased had done for the cause of education in the district. Although the members knew Mr. Faull so well, it was really necessary to go back to tli° early history of the Board to-recogn.se the earnestness and self-denial of the •icceased. While in the full vigor of his health and strength Mr. Faull neglected his ow n interests, left the farm he was striving go hard to 4 'build up," in orJer to attend the Board's meetings. [I showed how greatly he held the cause of education at heart. Those who had been on the Board for a long time knew the struggles the Board had gone j through—the struggles to do what they wanted with nothing to do it on. In those days the Board sometime© had to erect a school on the small sum of £OO or £7O. Sometimes two schools luid to be erected with this amount. It required a gteat deal of care and forethought on the part of members at that; time, and Mr. Faull had been niost valuable to the Board. The sacrifice in circumstances was therefore greater, but Mr. Faull wished those who came after him to have the benefits of education. To a great extent lie was a se.ftaught man, and therefore knew tho value of education and worked hard for it. Many men and women in the district owed a great debt of gratitude to i the deceased. Mr. Wade added that' he had known Mr. Faull for about fony , years. He was one of the most straightforward men. the speaker ever knew, and , the Board hud lost a good and most valuable man. Mr. Wade moved, "That this Board desires to express its deepest sympathy with the wife and family of ite late friend and colleague, Mr. I-lenry i Faull, in their sad bereavement, and at . the same time to 'place on record tne . Board's appreciation of the good and faithful services rendered by Mr. Faull [ to the cause of education in the Taranaki education district as a continuous member of this Board for the long period of thirty years, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to hit? j widow and family." Mr. Adlam, as the next oldest member of the Board to deceased and Mr. I Wade, seconded the motion, and endorsed all that the chairman had said of their esteemed colleague.

Mr. Morton added his tribute of respect to deceased. When the members of the Board, at their last meeting, granted the late Mr. Faull leave of absence, they little thought they- would never see his face again. There was one thing about Mr. Faull that distinguished him above all the rest of the community. He Was unique. A iggn of unswerving purpose, courageous in his opinions and ever ready to gay what he thought, his word was as good as his bond. Those who knew him would miss him very much indeed, and Mr. Morton did not

think they would ever meet his 'ike again. As a fellow-member of the Finance Committee of the Board, the great insight that Mv. Faull had of the finances and general position of the Board had astonished him. The deceased genfleman had a remarkably keen intellect, and was very quick in his grasp oi things. His principles of finance "were very sound. To all this lie added the strictest integrity, and always spoke what he believed to be absolutely true. Mr. Kennedy considered that none would • remember Mr. Faull more than the struggling settlers in the backbloeks. for whom he had always done his bes;. He was a man whose aims were always for others and not for self. After Messrs. Rogers and Trimble had ?]so paid their testimony to the memory |of deceased, the motion was carried, nil • the members standing! The Board then adjourned till 5.45 •a.m. on Wednesday, as a mark of esteem to the late member.