Mrs. W. J. Polson To Speak In Levin

Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1949, Page 4

Mrs. W. J. Polson To Speak In Levin

| On Thursday next Mrs. W. J | Polson is to address a public meetI ing in St. Mary's Hall, Levin, com- | mencing at 8 p.m. Few membert | of Parliament have made a greater | impression tnan Mrs. Polson, then | Mrs. A. N. Grigg, did during her | brief term in the House as member | for Mid-Canterbury (now Ashbur1 ton) . | Left a widow when her husband; | the late Major A. N. Grigg, M.C., | the sitting member for Mia-Can-I fcerbury; was k'illed fighting gallanti ly in Libya in'November, 1941, she I at once assumed the heavy respon1 sibility of carrying on as his suc- | cessor. No election was necessary,' j as she was returned unopposed. 2 W

| From February, 1942, until Septem- [ ber, 1943, when she retired after I her marriage to Mr. Polson, she j perform'ed her _ Parliamentary I duties with conspicuous ability. | Her maiden speech in p'articular, I which was reprinted as a pamphlet | called "A Woman's Appeal," atS tracted wide attention and comj mendation. Mrs. iPolson, who was J Miss M. V. Cracroft Wilson, was S educated in England, where she. 1 worked as a volunteer nursing aid | just after leaving s'chool during the 2 first world war. | Mrs. Polson previotfsly lived at | Mount Somers, Canterbury, but her | home is now at Mangamahu, near S Wanganui. She has three children. | Mrs. Polson is a valued member I of the Dominion executive of the | National Party.