QUITE A "TO DO"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2210, 24 July 1914, Page 8

QUITE A "TO DO"

'ABOUT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS. ; There discussion at. Jhe meeting' of'the. Wellington Hospital hnd Charitable Aid.Board on the motion embodied in tho, Hospital Committee's report.-,that, .the Hon. J. G., W.,Aitken,. ox-chairman of the board, be congratulated on his'appointment to the Legislative Council. V'

Mr. H. 'Baldwin 1 objected to political matters being introduced to the board, and moved-that -the;' clause .be' struck •Olitl ': *Mr.^'Fj',T... Moore'wished/ that .if .the clj\^R i werei'' l inc!,uded that the board also include^-a referenco, to tie regret that-? Mr. C.: M. Luko ,was not recalled to tlio-Upper Chamber. Mr.- Luke had been a chairman of the board fifty times longer than Mr. 1 Ait-ken'; who had been, appointed in his stead.of protest arose from all corners loK'the. table'.at .the ,treiid of the discussion/ When tlie motion' was put that ..the' clause,, congratulating Sir. (Aitken -bo struck,- :outj tho voting -was. even, and the chairman (Mr. iW. .A;;Eyans) gave,bis casting vote in favour of its retention.- -

Mr. F. T. Moore:' Then. I:move that the board expresses'its regret that Mr. C.' ; ,M. .Luko was not recalled to tho .Upper House. _ • Mr. G. Nasb: I-iWill second ,that. - I think if it is all right' to 'congratulate Mr. Aitken, it.is all fight to sympathise ,witli Mr. Luko.-, , ■;"./> ' Expressing his'sorrow,that the_matter had': been-.-.introduced,.-' the chairman put tho motion, -which was defeated by 11 votes to 3.