The Daily News. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911. THE LATE MR. TISCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 42, 11 August 1911, Page 4

The Daily News. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911. THE LATE MR. TISCH.

New Plymouth has lost its most prominent, most liberal and best-loved citizen, and the town is genuinely grieved. The late Mr. Tisch was an exceptional type of citizen, for he possessed remarkable qualities of self-abnegation. It was his privilege and pleasure to live for the town which he loved and whose citizens honored liim. It is not given to many men to find their chief delight in working for the public good; nor is it given to many men who suffer as Mr. Tisch has long suffered to be able to sink self and to be ever brave, cheerful and uncomplaining. The work Mr. Tisch was able and happy to do sustained him in his fight against physical ills, and he lays down his burden at a moment when every citizen of the borough is genuinely convinced that he was the best man available to do it. The outstanding characteristic of the late Mayor was his never-failing kihdness. He had the best human conception of the needs of the people, his inspiration in his actions coming direct from a particularly soft heart. He loved beautiful things, clean things, things of good repute. The voice of slander was never used against his good name and his high honor. It was a grief to him to have his actions misunderstood, a hurt when his kindly efforts were misinterpreted. It was his pleasure to give, and his whole public career is a record of generosity. His instinct guided him in his work for the people, and he was able to initiate a large number of improvements that will be associated with his name when New Plymouth is a city of great importance. The late Mayor was passionately devoted to this town, and the one thing that was nearer and dearer to his heart than all others in connection with its improvement was its extension. He saw the necessity and utility of a Greater New Plymouth. The faith of the iate Mayor exceeded that of most of his contemporaries, and, in his mind's eye, he

saw the New Plymouth of the future, beautiful, prosperous, amalgamated, and served with, a modern tramway system. The late Mr. Tisch's geniality was very real. He could not act. He was indeed one of nature's gentlemen, who was unable to do anything petty or paltry or selfish. His benefactions pave him the fnost genuine pleasure, and his work for the borough was his life. As there may not have been an esplanade yet but for his love of the beautiful, it seems fit-

ting that oil that esplanade the citizens of New Plymouth should erect a monument to his memory. As there is no man in the district who has been so

widely respected there is no man sr worthy of this tribute. We sincerely hope the citizens of New Plymouth will generously subscribe to a fund for this purpose. To Mrs. Tisch, the late Mayor's widow, we extend our heartfelt condolences in her irreparable loss, hoping the poignancy of her grief may br lessened by the knowledge that the latr Mr. Tisch had the regard and affection of the public. Tlte assumption of Mr.

Tisch's trust by his successor will bo a special honor, and the late Mayor's conduce of his work an inspiration to the Mayors-to-be.