PARLIAMENT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9789, 12 October 1917, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

YESTERDAY’S SITTING LEGISLATIVE CBiiNOIL TRIBUTE TO THE BATE HON. J. I). ORMOND. Tho Legislative Council mot at 2.30 p.m, to-day, the Ac-ting-Sfcaker (the Hon.' AY. C. F. Came-rces) in the chair. Sir Francis Bell moved a resolution recording tihe .Council’s sense of great loss in the death of the laito Hon. J. D. Ormond .and its deep sympathy wdWi his relatives in their bereavement. Sir Francis said that the late Air Ormond was not only one of the oldest members of the Legislative Council, but was also one of UUe last (disappearing bily of eiuii-y .pioneers. The interest which Air Ormond exercised in public laffairo was senator than that of any other .public man of his time, and commeruced from his early years. In the early hickory of Now Zealand he had done great work for the colony. Since then he hod been always in the front rank in public affairs. No matter what work he was engaged in, and his activities were many, he always won tiro respedt of 'nil ho chine info contact with. In the Council! of late years he ■held been client except on big questions, and the matters that concerned tho district ho came from. He was always pari c-n.t and tolorrunt, curiously free from resentment of ailtuek and impassive almost during a de.bato, but always Courteous, always considerate'. Has manners in private life wore his manners in gffblic life. “Wo will mice him/’ addill ix Francis, “and no one can quite till the place he has held amongst ut. Ho has outlived all ,prejudice, and so row he has passively ended his days possessing tihe greatest position a man can boild—(the possession of all the respect and confftlence of the public in the years of service in which his life had been largeCy passed." The Hon. Colonel Baillio -seconded the motion of sympathy. All members would miss Hr Ormond’s familiar fate. His advice was always to be listened to. The loss was on? to tho -whole of the Dominion. The Hon. O. Shmuel also paid an dltoquenit tribute to the late Air Ormond’s great qualities. Ho said it would be impossible to replace such a fine peiMonality as he had. Tho resolution was carried in silence. At 3.5 p.m. the Coimcd/1 adjourned till C. 30 p.m. to-day.