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nony to Haynes ‘. the man. can oe ound. The weaker side always had m attraction for him, the under-dog LI ways claimed his sympathy.A BORN DEMOCRAT.Entitled by his talents and his pro-cssional status to a position among j he leaders of Western Australian so- j iiety. H. S- Haynes was rarely found « here. He was a born democrat. ■ he wonderful power for satire that I it* possessed was always directed j igainsi the snobs and shams of the ! illeged elite, against the Little-Great, igainst the Reactionaries, the Con-ervatives. the Idle and Vulgar Rich, ie had no time for caste or privi-ege, he had no leaning towards the roft places in Society.There followed his remains to heir last abiding-place at Karra-lt;alta a crowd representative of every section of Western Australian life, md perhaps the most eloquent tri-jute to the worth of the man and his A-orks was the number of obviously [oor and humble folk who mingled, companions in grief, with the highest dignitaries in the land, and there were many real tears shed when the coffin was lowered.As a newspaper it is our lot to a rite many epitaphs and obituaries,[o make reference to the careers of many citizens who pass over. But iere we feel a special and personal grief, for R. S. Haynes was a close friend of 'The Call” and its staff, tnd we in common with so many thers in the community can recall many Instances of his practical friendship. Perth we know will not feel quite the same without the dear, genial personality of Dicky Hayhes, and the loss to his profession and his State is a poignant one.A BONNY, BIG HEART.Had R. S. Haynes been selfish or ambitious, there is no place in our public life that could not have been his. As it was, he elected, instead of aiming at the clouds, to step down among the people, to fight their battles. to share their sorrows and sympathies with their aspirations, to • fight the shams and flay the hypoc- . risies of community life.And so he will be remembered for i his brilliance, his long record of good works, and, above all, for that great, bonny big heart of his which, till death stilled Its beat for ever, held a place for all who faltered or fell by the wayside.While grateful remembrances and kindly thoughts can penetrate across the Vale the great advocate will have many a bright testimony to the worthiness of his earthly stewardship, and his case before the Great Tribunal to which we all must go will be the most glorious of all his triumphs.May he sleep well.SOME MEMORIES.(By “John Ixng)There are few men who have left behind them so many memories grave and gay as Dicky Haynes.When yet a young man he made his • mark in the legal world of Sydney. ! His quaint humor, original wit, and ! ready repartee had already won him J popularity in the Sydney law courts. ! No man of his years—he was then in ! his twenties—had attracted such no-| tiee.the urnv ivn«c nrtoninir tn himare the first person whoever struck a note from this mute.”Sam Copley, the famous Western Australian millionaire, always swore he would never enter a witness-box again after an experience under a Haynes cross-examination.When the electric trams were installed in Perth Sam Copley’s fleet of motor-bUBeg became obsolete; there were no buyers offering, and the fleet was assembled in the centre of a vacant allotment.lt; int night a fire happened, incinerated the lot. and the Insurance company paid without a murmur.A few months after. Sam Copley was induced to give evidence regarding a land valuation which was In dispute. As a witness he was hostile to Dicky's client. When he got into the box Dicky toyed and played with him. purposelessly it appeared to tne Bench, then followed a string of questions:Mr. Copley, do you think this land would have a value for any special purpose?Yes. responded Mr. Copley. “It would be excellent for a bulk store.“Do you think you could store all • kinds of goods there with advantage, ! Mr. Copley? !Certainly, was the response.You are wrong, Mr. Copley. Very • wrong. said Dicky in his shrill tones. ! It would be a most unsuitable place ; to store secondhand motor-buses.Why should it be? protested the • millionaire. ;Because it’s opposite the fire sea- • tion, was Dicky's hot retort. 1Dicky’s last appearance on the public platform was in connection with the East Perth campaign just a year ago, when he spoke at Welling-ton-s«iuare and got off this good one on Senator Patrick Lynch:Paddy Lynch says we are the Johnny-come-latelies of democracy. Fancy Lynch calling me a Johnny-come-lately! Why, 1 was fighting for democracy in Australia forty years ago. preparing the freedom of this country for men like Lynch to live in. Why—why—why, he shrieked. when Paddy Lynch was wheeling peat in the bogs of Ireland and long before Nature had decided whether she would make of Paddy Lynch a | burglar or a Senator, I was fighting ! for democracy. And now he calls me a Johnny-come-lately.A few* months ago Dicky was.addressing the law students, and referred to them as young men who would succeed him in the dayB to come.I have, he said, worn all kinds of things in my time, and some day I’ll wear a shroud.” He shrugged his shoulders and added: So will you. Young though you are, some of you will wear it before me, perhaps. Remember, there is a quaint epitaph carved on an ancient jarrah grave slab in an old cemetery not far from Perth which reads like this: 'Stranger, pause as you pass by.As you are now so once was 1.As I am now, so you will be. Ivepare yourself to follow me.' There was perhaps a presentiment working In Dicky’s being when, a few ' months ago, he referred to the shroud.To-day he sleeps, and when the long sleep took him it stilled one of the kindest, happiest hearts that ever beat, and one of the brightest, wittiest intellects that ever distilled a thought.iL - *___ t i »
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Perth Call
Perth, Western Australia, AU
Fri, Feb 24, 1922
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