PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3124, 30 June 1917, Page 8

PARLIAMENT

YESTERDAY'S SITTING

REDUCED RAILWAY SERVICES

IMPREST SUPPLY BILL

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

TII9 Speaker (lion. C. J. Johnston) took tliti Oliiiir iit 2.30 p.m.

VOTES OF CONDOLENCE. Slli HiANCIS BELL wo veil: "That this Cfliiucil records its seuso of the dit>■lingiiisliuil services rendered to Is'ew Zealand by the lute Hon. Dr. Hobert M'Nab, a member of the House of lleprosontatives and a Minister of tlio Crown, and tenders to his relatives its sincere sympathy in their bereavement." He said that ho know how much time and thought tho late Dr. Jl'A'al) hud devoted to his public duties. The Dominion had much reason to lament tho loss of ;i man who gave his time and energy not only to the duties of a member of- Parliament but also to the preservation, of A'etf Zealand's historical records. His work. would live.

Tho Hon. J. 'J'. PAUL also spoke, and tho motion was carried.

SIR FEANCIS BELL moved a similar, motion referring to the late, Hon. Sir George M'Lean. Ho said, that the remaining life members in the Council felt the loss of an old awl valued colleague. Tho younger membors also Ikul known. Sir George ll'Lean as a man of wonderful kindness, wise counsels, and ■unfailing courtesy. Hβ had occupied a place in New Zealand's public life fvoni tho provincial days until tho timo of his death, and during that long span of service he had never made an enemy in. public or private life. Hβ had been too earnest a worker not to have opponents, hut he had homo ill-nijl against none, and had been respected hy all. Sir Francis Bell referred to the late Councillor's success in tho field of sport, and said that every member of tho Council felt the loss of a personal friend. The Hon. A. T. -MAGINNITY (Nelson) said that in the middle 'seventies he had been au officer of the telegraph, service, and had been brought into touch with the late- Sir George ll'Lean, then a Minister of the Crown. His recollections of that association ivere very happy indeed. Sir George ll'Lean had been a capable ami kindly gentleman. 'Die motion was carried.

The Hon. SIR FEANCIS BELL moved a similar .motion relating to the ]ato Hon. Tamo Parata. He said that the latemember had been a colleague and a friend in social as woll as in political life. It would be extremely difficult to find another Maori Councillor fitted by character, manner, and attainments to hold the place that the late !Lr. Parata had held in the confidence and esteem of his fellow-members.

The Hon. W. C. 1 , . CABNCKOSS (Tnranaki) said that every member of tho Council had felt real affection for Tamo Parata. The late Councillor had been a man of fine character, intelligent, loyal, •and earnest. Hβ had been regarded by public men throughout New Zealand as an old and valued friend.

The motion was carried. The Hon. SIE FRANCIS BELL moved a. motion of condolence relating to thedeath of the late Sir Maurice O'Korke. He said that the late Councillor had made his mark in the public life of NewZealand. Ho had served almost continuously during the whole period of the constitutional life of New Zealand.

Tho Hon. Q. SAMUEL (Taranaki) said that at the present critical time in the history of the Empire the passing away of men who had completed their life's work scarcely attracted attention. But Sir Matirico O'Eorke had left a record Hint would not bo forgotten in tho future.

Tho motion was supported by tho Hon. G. Carson ("Wellington) and carried. Tho Ron. SIE FEANCIS BELL moved motions of condolence relating to . tho lato A. Lee Smith, A. A. S. Alenteath, K. C. Bruce,, H. P. Murray-Aynslcy, S. P. Andrews, and Martin Kennedy. He road brief records of tlio lives of the deceased members..

The motions were carried. The Council sat ngain (it 8 p.m., and passed the Imprest Supply Bill through all its stages. The Hon. A. T. MAGINNUT gavo notice of motion that the Government should be aekeel to place on record tlio high appreciation of tho peoplo of the Dominion of the services rendered by the women, whose work in the various patriotic societies had afforded to New Zealand's troops such material help by providing for them comforts of All descriptions, thus alleviating tho hardships ineeparablo from the war. The Council adjourned until Thursday next.