SIR GEORGE GREY
Sir, -The short ‘broadcast on Sir George Grey’s last years, under the heading To-day in New Zealand History, from 2YA on September 20, was magnificent from every point of view. Every young person who heard it should ponder over it as a tribute to perhaps the most outstanding figure in New Zealand history. In one of my books, A Pioneer Looks Back Again, several pages are devoted to Sir George as an outstanding empire builder because he won the respect of the Pakehas and the confidence of the Maori chiefs by his
competent administration and his energetic reforms. He reconciled conflicting communities and laid the "foundations for future prosperity, I was a youth when I first met. Sir George Grey at my father’s backblock home at a time of crisis between Pakeha and Maori in Taranaki. At the end of last century it was my privilege to stand at his tomb in the crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Now I am an octogenarian and nearly the same age as Sir George was when he died. His name and Governor Hobson’s will lest down through the centuries.
W. K.
HOWITT
(Devonport).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 539, 21 October 1949, Page 5
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195SIR GEORGE GREY New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 539, 21 October 1949, Page 5
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