LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 195, 7 May 1918, Page 5

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

$ NINETEEN NEW MEMBERS I

SOME BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES The list of appointments made to fho legislative Council was made available , for publication by the Acting-Prime Minister yesterday. Jn all ninoteon appointments have boon made, as follow:— ' Ewon William Alison, Auckland. David Thomas Fleming, Balclutha. Alfred Levavasour Durell Eraser, Hastings. Georgo James Garland, .Auckland. William John Geddis, Wellington. James Burman Gow, Opotiki. Ross. Archibald Hawke, TnveixnvciU. Charles Wayward Izard, Wellington. Georgo Jones, Oainaru. Charles Inuisson, Ohristchurch. Henry Leslie Michel, Hokitika. John Topi Patuki, Euapuke Island. John Hubert Sinclair, Dnnedin, William Stewart, Kawakawa. Georgo Malcolm Thomson, Dnnedin. William Henry Triggs, •"'hristchurch. To Heu Hou Tukiuo, Knkahi. Henry Frauds Wigram, Christchurch. MR. E. W. ALISON. Mr. B. W. Alison is one of the best known .citizens of Auckland, where ho is a leading and very wealthy business man. He was thj founder of .he Devonport ferry service on Auckland harbour, ft business which has grown enormously nnd boon very successful. Mr. Alison still retains control of the company, and he also holds a big interest in Taupiri Mines, Ltd. Ho was born in 1855, and when only !>3 years of rgc ho becamo a member of tho Waitemata CountnCouncil, and when Dovonport became a bor-

ough ho was ono of the first councillors, later holding tljo office of Mayor for five years in succession. . Tn 1902 he was elected to tho House of Kepresontatives in tho then Opposition interest, and he held the ceat for two terms. Ho is an enthusiastic sportsman, bsing president of tho Takapu.na Jockey Club, of which ho was one of tho founders. MR. D, T. FLEMING, Mr. D. T. Fleming is a journalist, editor and manager of the "Clutha Leader," Balclutha. He has served for many years as a member of ilie Ofago Education Board, and has been chairman of that body. Bo is at present chairman of tho Otago Harbour Board. MR. A. L. D. FRASER. Mr. A. L. D. Eraser was a member of tho Houso of representatives for nine .years, from 1689 until 1908; He was born i at Kaiapoi, in Canterbury, Fettling' in • Hawke's Bay in 1881. For borne years he followed the profession of school teacher, but later, having an excellent knowledge of the Maori language and iiistoms, ho took up Native Land Court advocacy. He unsuccessfully contested tho Hawko's Bay seat aga'inst Sir William Eussell in 1896, and three years later ho won the ■Napier seat, lieating Mr. E. D. D. Mloan. Ho hold tho seat for nino years. He contested the Hawke's Bay seat unsuccessfully in 1911 and in 1911, MR. G. J. GARLAND. Mr. G. J. Garland is well known in the public life of tho city of Auckland. He came to this country with 'his parents in ISCO. In early youth he sought adventure in a seafaring life, bufe-on the death of his father he left the sea. after Bis or seven years of roaming, and farmed land in the Awhitu district. Whilo

lie was engaged iu farming ho began to take interest in local public matters, and was at different times >.hairman of tie Road Board and School ''ommittee, member of the Manukau County Council, and member of the Licensing Committee for the Manukau district. Of later years he has been resident in Auckland city, and there ho has been member and chairman of the Auckland Charitable Aid Board, member and chairman of the 'Auckland Education Board, and member of the Auckland City Council. Ho also Was first honorary secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, and' first Dominion secretary of the Eeform Party. MR. W. J. GEDDtS. _ Mr. W. J. Geddis is at present managing director and editor of the "New Zealand Times" newspaper. He is .1 Dative of Auckland, where 110 obtained most of his early journalistic experience »i 3 a member of the staff of the Auckland ■ "Star," with which he was associated •for many years. From the sub-editorial chair of that paper he bccarae editor and mart OTODrietnr nf Ihn ''Nnw Kenlnnrl

Observer," a weekly illustrated paper published in Auckland. That venturo proved a. success, but.he wished to reenter daily journalism, and he acquired an interest in tho Napier "Daily Telegraph." For somo years ho controlled that paper. Somo five years ago ho was appointed to his present position on tho •"New Zealand Times," but ho still retains his interest in tho "Telegraph." MR. J. B. GOW. Mr. J. B. Gow is a highly-esteemed isettler and mill-owner. in the Bay' of Plenty district. He has been member of the couuty council in his district for Bonie years and has held the office of chairman. In 1911 he contested the Bay cf Plenty seat.against the present member, Mr. W. D. S. MauDonald, standing in tho Ecform interest, but ho was defeated by a .narrow majority. MR. JOSEPH GRIMMOND. Mr. Joseph Grimmond, of Eoss and Hokitika, is an old and respected settler on the West Coast. Hn is best known in Wellington in recont times by his connection with the patriotic work of tho (West Coast, having been tho delegate from the Coast Societies to thp Patriotic Societies' Advisory Board. Long ago, in .tho years 1887 to 1890, Mr. Grimmond ;was member for the electorate of Hokiitika in tho House of Eepreaonlativcs. MR. A. F. HAWKE. Mr. A. F. Hawko i,s a successful business man of Invercargill, manager of tho National Mortgage and Agency Com. »any there. He has not been very well known in public life, but ho is a capablo man, whoso knowledge of affairs should make him a desirable addition to the .Council. Ho has '.bsen for some years fnoniber of the Bluff Harbour Board.

MR. C, H. IZARD. Mr. C. H. Izard is a barrister aud solicitor in Wellington, a member of the firm of Izard and Weston. Ho was elected member for Wellington North in 1905, when ho defeated tho lato Mr. John Duthio for tho scat. At tho succeeding election ho in turn was defeated by Mr. 'A. L. Herdnian, now Mr, Justice Herdtaan. MR. G.. JONES. Air. George Jones, of Oaniaru, has alroady served in Iho Council for twentyone years, from December, 1895, until December, 191 G. Previously ho had sat for ono short term in tho House ot Eepreseutatives. He was elected in 1880 for tho constituency ot Waitaki, but Parliament was dissolved tho following year. Mr. Jones was born in the Hutt Valley in 18-14, and educated in Geelong, Victoria. Ho became a printer and he had a long newspaper experience in most parts of this country as a journalist aud proprietor. Ho purchased the Oaniaru "Mail" in 1877, _ and ho still owns that paper. Somo eight years ho purchased tho. "Southland Daily News," at Invercargill, which he still controls. MR. C. LOUISSON. Mr. Charles Louisson is also an old member of tho Council, having had fourteen years of service—from December 1900 until tho beginning of last year. Ho is a resident of Christchurch, and somo years ago was very closely with tho public life of that city. Ho has been member of most of the local bodies in Christchurch, nnd he has been Mayor of the city four times. MR. H. L. MICHEL. Mr. H. L. Michel, of Hokitika, is perhaps tho best known man in business and politics on the West Coast. On tho death of the late Mr. Seddon ho con-

tested tho Westland seat, but was defeated by Mr. Y. Seddon, the proson t member. That was in lfllllj, and ho contested the seat again in 11)08, to bo again defeated, but each time by a narrow margin, and alter a very strenuous fight. In 1913, on the death of Sir Arthur Guinness, Mr. Michel contested tho drey seat against tihe late member, Air. P. C. Webb. MR. J. TOPI PATUKI, Mr. John Topi Patuki has for many years been .recognised as tho leader of tho Euapuke Maoris, and ono of tho Chiefs of the Native race in tho South Island. Ho was educated at tho Invcrcargill Middle School, known at that time as tho Grammar School, and ho is tho best-known Maori in tho settlements fringing Fovcaux Strait. SIR JOHN SINCLAIR. Sir John Sinclair was a member of Ijho Council from January, 1807, until January, 1911. He is a barrister and solicitor, of Dimcdin. and ho received his education and training for his profession in that town. When tho Empiro Trado Commission was set up in. 1912 ho was appointed to represent this cuuntry on that important body, and it is generally agreed that it was in recognition of the value of tho work he did as a member of that commission that he was knightedrecently. MR. W. STEWART. Mr. William Stewart ia a settler in the Bay of Islands district. 'Ho has been chairman of the local county council. When Mr. Vernon Eeed was unseated after the 1911 election Mr. Stewart was chosen to carry tho Eeforni banner in the new contest, and he won the seat without difficulty. As soon, how- - over, as Mr. Eeed was able to enter tho Houso again, Mr. Stewart resigned, and Mr. Eeed was returned unopposed. MR, G. M. THOMSON. Mr. G. M. Thomson. F.L.S.. is best known for tho interest he has shown as a public man in education and applied science. Ho was born at Calcutta in 1818, and educated at tho University of Edinburgh. Ho emigrated to New Zealand aa a young man, and after an experience of farming ho became a schaolmatj'cr, on the staff of the Olago High' School. He was one of tho founders of the Dunedin Technical School, an institution which flourished when State aid was not so'easily procurable for technical classes as now. Mr. Thomson was superintendent of the school for cloven years. Ho haa been president of tho New Zealand Institute. He was elected to tho House of Eepresentativcs in. 1908, and was. reelected in 1911, but in 1914 he was defeated by tho Labour candidate, Mr. A. Walker. In tho House of Representatives two of tho topics on which Mr. Thomson showed particular interest were tho de- , velopment of tho New Zealand fishing ! industry by acclimatisation and otherwise, and tho conservation of our coal supplies., MR. W, H. TRIGGS. Mr. W. H. Triggs is a joyrnaiist, editor of tho "Press,".Christchiirch. He was born in Chichester, in England, in 1855, was educated for journalism, and after some experience in the provinces and in London he came to New Zealand in 1878 to the "Evening Post." Ho was subeditor of that paper until 1881, when he left to take the editorship of tho "Timaru Herald." That position he held for two years, when he joined -the "Press" staff. He rose to the position of editor in 1895, and ho has been in control of the pap.er ever since, TE HEU HEU TUKINO. To Heu Heu Tukino is a familiar figure in tho streets of this city, to which he is a frequent visitor. Ho is a Taupo chief of the Ngatituwharetoa, and ono of the wealthiest and most influential Maoris in the country. He is a permanent member of the Tongariro National Park Board. MR. H. F. WIGRAM.

Mi\ H. 1\ Wigvura, Ohristchurch, was a member of ilio Council for fourteen years, until he retired by effluxion of time in the middle of last year, 110 was born in London in 1857, and educated at Harrow School. In Christchurch lie h.as always been closely in touch with public affairs, and fre has been twice Mayor of the city. In late years, since the outbreak of war, ho has sbown much interest in aviation, and he was chiefly instrumental in founding the Canterbury School of Aviation.