MR. WILL CROOK'S VISIT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 6

MR. WILL CROOK'S VISIT.

v :; MAYpEAL ! EECTrai^N : AEE'AS6ED r ; As .>'; result' of the; meeting -of oitirans'lheM last week .for thejmrposo bt arranging, ior". a ■' welcome to Mr. /Win.-: Crooks, the weU-known British-Labour M.P., , .a-deputation'''waited on v Mayor yesterday and asked', that 'his Wori • ship should accord Mr.'.and Mrs. 'Crooks ■ a '' public reception on their arrival in ; Wellington. W..Thomson , stated that: Mr. and Mrs. Crooks were now in Auetralia, the formert e ?? l Ll !l if' ;W "'i em ' itill S 'lii'ttll ptb-■■■■•■. bability they, would ■ come: on> to New- Zealand' ! at an early date; although no ; definite informabon as tothe dateof arrital.had'beenreceived 60' far. '.'••■•■■. ■•-■■ .«.'■ '-. •■■■.;■:•.•./-■;:■■: •■-.,- ■'■■ I--:-';- , '' Mr. , D. M'Laren,;M.P.,;:remarked.ihat titer*' was; a special reason- Why the : yisitor : shouldi be giv.en ■ a public • reception. Mr. Crooks "was >a . man.. of broad; sympathies,. and. had'.taken: an ' active part m civic work.' He was a g member of, the London : . County; Connoil,: and etMijor of Poplar; .and his wife, was:at the preeent time': . Mayoress of Poplar. '' •-'■ ' ' ■•.-•-.).- 1, ■.-!; urged that'.asa.gTeatvihimana* " Mr. Crooks. shoulcV.b.e received ,by' iie Mayor;■' He.took-a.great interest in'the/..welfare ; of : ' omldren, and,when others • had been wringlim ■'. about tiiebest methods Of dealingwith children ■'." hfj.had , said.: the children be fed.",-'He ' was. frue;'to! himself, and 'therefore V fcrdo •'•'■ -lo'V , eysrybody,; and area! nran". •-.'■; ' ■:'' : -,■■':"•, , T. ; Paul i (sai J l.Mr., a distinguished visitor ,m. the .very best sense' of .the words, and .was- deserving t)f a Mayoral " reception op his'arrival in-the capitel oiW-of-' the X(omiriion: .. ; ■ .-■;.,':: ; ,--...-.- ~.- ■~-,-.. '.' Mayor:said:he would,be glad to.see' Mr.:-' Crooks- in Wellington. Although his politic* ; and, .those, of Mr. Crooks .were not of the same.'colour, he recognised the worth of their 'visitor '• ,as a great humanitarian." Mr, Crooks waVapr<i- •" minont member of the leading local governing body in the world; and as such'thii Mayor <3 Wellington would be" glad.'to w6lcime him , . '-'■ ■'-"■