PARLIAMENTARY

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2313, 16 August 1880, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY

[by telegraph.] THIS DAY. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met this morning at 11. After prayers, Mr Hall saicl the lion, gentlemen were no doubt aware that since they met on the last occasion, death had removed from their midst oiio of their number, in the person of the member for Waikaia, Mr Ireland. Ho felt himself in many respects incompetent to do justice to the man}' virtues of the deceased. They all knew the quiet, unassuming, and conscientious manner in which he discharged his duties. The Government understood it was the desire of his friends that his remains should be interred amongst them, and under the peculiar circumstances of the case the Government thought it would be giving effect to the wishes of the country at large by facilitating that desire to the best of their ability. They had therefore made arrangements for the remains to be forwarded by Government steamer direct to Lyttelton from whence they would be conveyed by rail to the port of the country to which the deceased belonged. The remains would leave the lodgings occupied by the deceased at 2 o’clock, so that after embarkation the steamer might take its departure at 2.30. To enable hon. gentlemen to see the last tribute to the memory of the deceased, lie would move the adjournment of the House till 7.30 p.m. Mr Macaudrew seconded the motion for adjournment, in a few remarks complimentary to the character and conduct of the deceased.

Sir George Grey said members on his side of the House felt very grateful to the Government for giving effect to the wishes of‘the deceased’s friends. He quite agreed in what had fallen from the hon. the Premier with regard to the deceased. The circumstances of his death were such as to inspire them with feelings of the utmost respect for his memory. His career has been brought to a close while ho was engaged in the public business of his country, and by the Legislature of his country his name would be held in reraomberance as that of a good man, and a man who had done his duty conscientiously and well. Mr J. C. Brown also made a few remarks in praise of the deceased.

Mr Fulton said lie was an intimate friend of the deceased, and spoke of tiic high estimation in which ho was held amongst the constituents lie represented. They had elected him not for Ins peculiar merits or abilities, but because lie was an honest, upright man, and a man who never did anything contrary to his convictions. They had taken him from his claim as a working miner, and paid the expenses of his election. The deceased was a man who was conscientious to a fault, and in that House he had gained the respect of every one with whom he was brought in contact. He was an honor to the constituency by which he was elected; he was an honor to the House, and an honor to all those who called him their friend. He felt he should not say more, and it was not for him to say less. The motion was then put and carried, and the House adjourned.