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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2 (June 1, 1932)

No Single-Tracker

No Single-Tracker.

Thirty-nine years a resident of New Zealand, and thirty-six years a resident of England, William Pember Reeves died at seventy-five. He began by drafting the New Zealand labour laws of the 'nineties, and finished by being Chairman of the National Bank. He worshipped at the same time at the shrine of the Muse and of the tailoress, for while he was writing in verse “The Passing of the Forest” he was also writing Bills to limit hours in factories and shops. A mind equally at home in New Zealand and London, in the Labour Department of this country and in the London School of Economics, cannot be accused of being “a single track mind.” Owing something to law, a bit more to journalism, still more to politics, and to the economic thought which comes with years, this New Zealander walked calmly down a very varied track of life. His mind also embraced the Near East. He wrote Near East articles, was a Phil-Hellene, and wore Greek orders.