PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2768, 11 May 1916, Page 6

PARLIAMENT

ANOTHER SHORT DAY

TRIBUTES TO DEAD LEGISLATORS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Council met at 2.30d0. cfc-lhfr?* "«**/«"» His P i.ei encj the Governor, notifying that th« aiS 8 VaMnci f s had - f « &• «u« occurred in the Council-Tb. C H jniV r>, >Ithi1 thie V-, I>y - deatl i'- ** H °» &£?'«* the Council in the immediate ho proposed to ask the Council to adma until Wednesday next. He wished "L in regard to the Chairmanship of Committees As honourable numbers the P,Hf- Cir r ross , had fcfen «k«l ,Mio Parliamentary Association to- visit England as guesf of the British. Parffn! nientary Association. K+ was qu te su rn .ev were all glad that Mr.'Soros? had been chosen-(appla U se)-andI the? desired that in the discharge of his im, portant duties at Home hedumW have some mark of the continued confidence of the Council For this reason ho wouM ask for leave to move without notice thai Mr. Carncross be elected Chairman ,o/ Committees for th o present year. $ iW 9^r S J fl ni y if if th lf a . , f e I BCB '< rf the Chairman. ™ fu, ould be necess ary to-mak« any other arrangement in the future h< would consider that in'consultation with honourable members. carried TOS S '' anted aDd tho motion was

The Hon. W, C. P. CAENCKOSS thank, ed the Council for the very jrracious treatment extended to him. lhe Hon. A. T. MAGINNITY gave no. flee to move: "That a respectful %d?£ be presented to His Excellency in reply The Hon H. F. WIGKAM gave notlcs to move that ■in • view of tho prS made in aerial navigation the ffi ?W K ft? Government the 3 ity of establishing a school of instruc. hon m flying, with the object of fiS an aviation corps. Fourteen days' leave of absence was granted to the Hon. J. D. Ormond on account of illness. ' M ua RECOGNITION OP MERIT LOSSES'BY DEATH. Several motions were submitted to th» Council by the Hon. Sir Francis BpI? leferring to the loss by death of Ltan members and ex-members of tho. £ffi. THE HON. J. A. MILLAR. moved that W Uunci records its sense of • the distm. R by' S the im d rt t0 / ■ W the lato Joan Andrew •Millar ton J merly a member or th. Council, the Hot 6 ' ol lUpresentatives, and for some years .? h %,»£ Iy Blucere s y m l»H>J' with thf m m tueir. Dereavcmcnt. Members of < ?i ■ Council, said Sir Francis Bel* had'"™ persona knowledge ol Mr. ili ar wit! ££ the walk of tho Chamber, for Mr. Mil IS ' a ended there only .on,e, and that ■ tne occasion when ho. was sworn a nieml ttr Unfortunately, his health. failed 2, tli immediately after his appointment, and . that illness terminated latally. As' <2 who know Mr. Millar both ir. his W jvate and public capacities, he wished to w pathy which he -asKed the Cou ni rfi ?„ extend to his family. Mr. Millar ..-.,-, man who held Ver/ strong opinion £*? pohtftal matters, but whAevor sV £„2, irom those opinions for.,'any pa; £. !? other reason. Honourable mem Wtfhnd recoil to regret l,i s loss .fro:, ££#*

-The Hon, J. T. PAUL said j h ... ' ot the late Mr. Millar ho should ' su „tk. ment what tne Leader of the/ : cSuScil had said. . Mr. Millar was a p„- K who.for many years had held |Z C S dence o a very large section of V t ho peS pie of Dunedin, and a large i Action of he people of this country-a ; Stow J vke y maDy yearS ° f up 3 »>lfisH£! ' • The Hon 0. SAMUEL spoj [6 of tlia part played by Mr. Miliar i.r the ma tunc strike of IS9O, when by 1 ais mode,"tion and wise conduct he con rtributed to 1»W e * tellt to the future, welfare not only of the workers but of ; the employ, ers. Mr. haniuel spoke also- of Mr Mil. !ar# generosity and kindness. 'M heart in private life. The Hon. W. HALL-JONBi 5, a former colleague of Mr. Millar as : a 'membT o? ■ the same Government for s< me two years and a half, added his tri" buto to the memory of his friend. The motion was agreed t(> , ' THE HON. JOHN DUTHIE Sffi FMKCIS BELL r aoved a similat resolution regarding the late Hon. John iMhie, and gave soma, account of Mr. ■Duthios career. "I spe, ak, as the Conn, cil must know, said b: tr.. I'rancis Bell, of a man with whom I lave been associated m public affairs,, a nd in private lite ever since he. camt , to Wellington, now many years ago. / I sat with him in the House, being ola rted at the same tune. I followed mm <_js Mayor of Wei. lington, and in many other public con. cerns of the City, and some of the pubhe concerns of New Zex iland, I have been closely associated with . him. It is impossible to exaggerate the sense of pub. lie duty he carried i 0 the performanca of every work. which J i e was asked to un. dertake in the publitij'i interest.- In private life, we all know, and half Wellington knows, how gem jrous he was, what a. firm friend he was; to his friends, however much ho had tf > be feared bv those whofcr any reasor-, ], e thought" to be unworthy of his friej, ,dship. I think that not only*this Counc fl, but New Zealand, suffered a real lost ( when John Duthia died. He was cmv iousty straightforward in all his dealings , I nm not thinking now ot the name he made for himself in commercial life, wjKjere his word was his ,ooml, but in all .1 fi s dealings with any matters to which his duty called his attention. Ho wi? e, therefore; somewhat ' difficult in his «■ 6 0 ciations with others. He had no knowl«,., j ge 0 f w hat compromise . meant, aRd it w; , s { or that reason that a man so linkers' jilly respected as he was in both Houses > of Parliament never under our method of constitution was able to undertake pu] blic office under any Gov. eminent. But '•• whether he held office or not, and whaler >er party was in power, I his judgment li nd weight, and his opin, ' ions were asked : : and given as the opinions of a man, who,. as I have said, was sway, ed only by a sr mse of public duty in such matters, and r javo to his adversaries as welh, as to hi'; friends the benefit of a mature and s bund judgment. Personally, I most'; sincerely regret his death. Councillors n iay know that at the end of last ses; (Jon they were asked to be indulgent'; ■to me on his account, In his last i icurs I was much with Mm, and in his ': Jast hours I.bear the same recollection j 6f.him.as of his life in the vears I hav « known Mm; I have nothing but t .•espect for the man, and nothing but < iffection for his memory, and I am in a,- sense glad that it falls' to mo to havo tH as mournful duty of inviting ■ the Counc ,il to express sympathy with' hte family \".

The' Ho; n. J. G. W. AT.TKEN said hs would ■ liS ;e to be allowed to second the motion, ,•_ md he did so, feeling the loss of a sincere friend, having known Mr. Dut ,hio intimately avid pevsonnlW during li fl the Tears he (Sir. Aitken) hail been in. , this Dominion. He spoke of Mr. .Du:'flue's sterling qualities in. "terms of the highest praise, .making special mcntioi i of the late member's many acts, of' cone rrosity. The.' Hon. W. C. F. CARNCROSS sMd he, too .j claimed a long acquaintance with Mr. Brntlne, dating from the time that , J! A entered Parliament. Tt. happenedtb nt they were usually in different v " £• J 1 " 4 ho llad al "'n.TS looked upon Mr. : DutniD as one of the most. remarkii j- .*; naract " s '» Political life. Above all t-snngs, Mr. Duthie was sincere in his oppc ,sition to many of the men*"'*) whii ali the Ooverpment.-«f that day were put/ hug on the Statute Book. ' ' S 01 'vvALTEK, BUCHANAN said thai

»Li k ? tll ° late Mr - 'Duthie socifo/'v^'^ anA in ' WW affairs lor very maay years . Socially, Mr. ■S V!? 8 ona tho mos t charming ot men, hiding under- a somewhat - hW -crust some wonderfully fine qualities, in business hewas grim and determined, but as long as he found his competitor "E; i/ 3 ," 16 sto'isMfonvard character as' nimself ho: was never the man to take advantage of the possible weakness of "rf£, COm .?!, tlto , r - He ' was.generous to a degree little known, to the bulk of the .Mpulahon but known very- well inflect! to those who knew, him for the featest length of time., In public af-. tos his only aim was the-public inter-. 'th ii l ■' £ oha Dulhie ' Nwr ' Zealand: . naa lost an able man and a fine charao-■' n^ O r H^vft.PAESQN - ■ -"»e Hon. 001 l ■ $m 'COLLINS, RZ.-M-.G, the Hon.. ■«nw-°^ E ' an , d th « Hon. :W. EAEN•miaw, also spoke to the potion, endorsing generally and particularly the' tributes already paid to tne late 'gentloman'ii memory. -./•-. The motion was affirmed. MR. E,'>G. B. MOSS AND MR. W. f. BUCKLAND. V SIE FRANCIS BELL, moved .resold •tions.also concerning the loss' by death of Mi - -'Edward George Brittain Mostf and Mr. .William Francis-Buckland, both of _ whom had sat in the Lower House eomß twelve years ago. I Members who knew the honourable gentlemen personally added their tributes to their memory, and' the' resolutions were j '■' carried. ! . The Council, adjourned [ at .3.40.■ p.m. I Witil- Wednesday; next. -I