THE LATE MR McGOWAN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 9 May 1912, Page 5

THE LATE MR McGOWAN

A MINISTERIAL APPRECIATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Wednesday. The Prime Minister made a touching allusion to the death of the late Hon. Jas. McGowan, in a speech at Orawia last evening. He said tJhat in the passing of the Hon. Jas.. McGowan, the Dominion had lost an honorable, valued and useful Minister. The country had lost one of its noblest citizens, and was the poorer to-day because he was no more. Mr. McGowan lived a long life of great usefulness, which was full of benevolent action. He was a man of outstanding, sterling worth, one who devoted himself to the uplifting of his fellows, and was in the truest sense of the term, a Liberal statesman. Mr. Mackenzie further said that Mr. McGowan's death came as a blow to him. He (the Prime Minister) had been closely associated with the deceased gentleman in many ways, such as on various royal commissions, in the House, and at the Cabinet table. New Zealand, continued Mr. Mackenzie, had never a more warm-hearted and genuine man than Jas. McGowan. The "little Minister," as his closer friends used to call .him, will be much missed from the Legislature for many years to come, and "I am sure." said Mr. Mackenzie, "he has not left one enemy behind him."