OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1943, Page 2

OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

LATE MR J. C. EWINGTON Sir, —I have just opened my morning paper to read that Mr J. C. Ewington of Masterton has died suddenly. In our industry there are one or two names that are landmarks —some living, and some dead —and we have always associated these men either with their jobs or districts. We still talk of “Harkness of the National Dairy,” “Fred Nathan of Palmerston,” “Bond of Bainesse,” etc., and among those who are living we have “Arthur Morton of Egmont,” “Broadbelt of Levin,” ‘Brechin of Pahiatua,” etc. For a long time “Ewington of Masterton” has been ill the second list; he now goes into the first. It is well over twenty years since I first met him at the annual conferences of the dairy industry in Wellington and Palmerston North. I always liked him. His judgment was invariably sound, and no matter how strongly he felt on any subject, there was never a trace of rancour or bitterness in him. It was a pleasure to hear him speak. He would have been the first to maintain that he was no orator, but in our national conferences we are less concerned with oratory than with sound opinions. I lost touch with him when I left the Manawatu and came to the Waikato, but I saw him at long intervals in Wellington. I noticed that advancing years were making an impression on his alert bearing, but his spirit was as bright as ever. He had many friends whose names were quite unknown to the people of Masterton, and no man could wish to leave a better record of useful service when his time comes. —Yours, etc., A. J. SINCLAIR, Secretary-Manager, Te Awamutu Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd. Te Awamutu, February 17. COUNCIL AFFAIRS (To the Editor.) Sir,—The Borough Council is having a meeting to discuss the widening of Queen Street. Could you tell me if the public will be. allowed to attend? Also is the meeting at 7, 7.30 or 8 o’clock. I am, etc., W.G.N. The Town Clerk, Mr G. T. O’Hara Smith, states that it is not proposed to open the Council meeting to the public at the present stage of the discussions. The public would be given ample opportunity at an appropriate occasion to [express its views. Council meetings are iheld at 7.30 p.m.