LATE MR HOLLAND

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1933, Page 5

LATE MR HOLLAND

EULOG Y IN HOUSE

MEMBERS PAY HIGH TRIBUTE.

(Per Ptess Association, Copyright)

WELLINGTON, October 11

Tributes to the late LeadeJr of the Opposition were paid by all sections of the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, and, after adopting the Prime Minister’s motion expressing the high sense of appreciation of the late Mr Holland’s services to New Zealand, and respectfully tendering an expression of sincere sympathy 'to his widow in hc!r bereavement, the House adjourned at 4.45 p.m. until to-mow'ow afternoon as a. mark of respect. “The House meets to-day under very sad circumstances, ’’ the Hon. G. W. Forbes said. “The body of the late Leader of the Opposition lies in the vestibule of this building. In the presence of death all those little differences of party controversy vanish, and we ahe able to look .at the man as he was. It wa s inevitable that he should become the leader of the Labour party, and eventually Leader of the Opposition.

“There is no doubt he had a very high conception of the duties of that office. Duties that would h'Me imposed a strain ou men of move robust health than his, he carried out faithfully, and maintained an unsleeping vigil. Without a doubt this took toll oi his health.”

Mr M. J. Savage (Auckland West., deputy leader of the Parliamentary Laboilr party), said that Mr Hollands through life ha!d , r not (been over a path strewn with roses. On the .contrary he had had many tasks to do, which had called for coinage and devotion to principle, but he had never wavered. He had departed fiom life leaving tens of thousands of personal friends, and hurjd'red s of thousands iwho would agree that a friend ■of the poor had passed away. “The man has passed, (but he leaves a monument of good. work that will J dive in the memories of those who knew him best.” The Hon. J. G- Coates said lie would like to support the words of 'Messrs Forbes and Savage on the occasion of the passing of a very prominent figure in the life of the country. 'No one h?|d daunted bis sincerity, and bis purpose. Members had seen him begin in a small way, and gradually -bis in- ! dnshry and knowledge had gained him wide influence in the House, and . in the country. Everyone had admired his family life; he had been, an ideal father, and had been held in the deepest love by his family. Mr P. Fraser (Wellington Central), said that Mr Holland had adorned as well as-'Med tbe Labour .party, and there wc'le tens of thousands whose hearts were a* heavy as lead to-day. He had risen above defeat on many I occasions. 'He had left a place that would be difficult to fill. and, .although the Labour party would carry on bis ideals, they felt to-day that they h°d lost their captain. . Tributes were added by a number of other Members.

MANY MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY

WELLINGTON, O-ctobr" 10

Letters, telegrams and cablegrams of sympathy and condolence continue to arrive from members of the Legislature, and from various l° oa l and public bodies, and organisations, in fopnpction witli the death of Mr H. lE'. Holland. The Parliamentary Labour party of New South Wales has sent a message of sympathy to the New Zealand Labour p^rtv. Included in the senders of are Archbishop O’Shea, of Wellington, and B : shop Listo n , of Auckland, while Mr Tirikateno. the Member for the Southern Maori district, has sent the Labour party .a letter of sympathy on behalf of the 'Maoris of the South Island.