THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 26 January 1907, Page 2

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Mli MASS Hl' CRITIC],SKB 'JMil'l Ai'POJiVrUii.vT.S. • i JVr IVeKs Association. ! Aitkwxii, January ir>. Mr Massey, Leader el'llie Uj)|j,,siseen to-day re Iho Lf'ivlntivu Cjum-il appoirUiiio/its. expressed dii . iipnmnlmonlal 11,,, Sl .kn-.ion, i, o | ( | ul , Llmt llioso iij>p ol ntedshouhl,.l"possitjl" .Tcs, M Sl r l ,' VC C ' Xi,L ™' ,K ' C :l1 "' i?p 0 of ilo public. " !S 0111 Mr of New I lymoutli, as mi acnuisitim, i - <i ...uuij: lr f yincial representation and theJJ, iu'miKnff T' boen '' ousl(le «<l i arir"S's, l ?"s -'rcsriss:::::;; Tllli NKW OH'NaU.OiiS. I»l!, COLLINS. IJr - Collins, M.li.e.N. '"•'•m a member of 'lu''L.dSt'u%iTri ll: ','i t '"' Wellington 110-,j(lt:tl ||,, 1 ■f<>n u,ui. Cvlm J in 'I.;: £; ■ ;" Ul , Corps anil jjiineij,., 1 St."' " ,0 ""»«■

J lli. 11. GfLMKL'. Mr Hamilton Gilmer W t- i„ ~. • IS T k " d tll! ' Victorian SPdio^^iif^lio^,;:! \\uXT a - g ° ,le SoUlc,<l N'eUingtoii ■V 1S 11 familiar and ii t'i • interim conducted (he i)„ kl , of i burgh and Empire Hutc|s! Sme ten years ago. Mr Gilmer has onv I<\ "' S " IOSS intoa ' slii in the col '"". l ls ""c of ihe largest slur, '"'-lers 1.. tiro IJa.ik of No W Zea M'- C. M. LUKE. Mr Charles Atauley L„ke, iron Joun- - 1 11 , ,1 5 ,a ol ' Coniuall. |j t ; xv . ts ccted Mayor of Wellington in IWI-1 ml inoi-enients i,o has take, an a!t^ JIIt - A. LOUtIUXAx. t" Loil ? lllmi1 ' of W'cliingtoii, S a Will-known journalist. j|„ ....... Fn'l "V lla ' 1111,1 c<l| icated in France gland, and Ireland. lie w„; " k| it f or " mr >y in pastoral pur,h lls «outh Wales, and „ from JSii-> for several year, „. ! oddor 0 f Uk> Lvlteltoi Ti,;' ■ ... 8,0, retaining the fo ,J l"« A'ew Zealand 'J'iii])) s fl,l<l M| !- 0. SAJIUEL '! ln I lL ' ilr W. S. Alonkhoiise s „ . • foi his ripe knowledge an,l expn i. > ,i fe'imuol ropiesenteil \,, H . 1 lymonth in the llonse of P ~ , ullcHml hut; tloelinod #,- t ! L >I'V Cabinet to which Wr. recently appointed. ' Jilt. W. A\ r . .UeOAKDLK Mr U'illiani Wil SO n McCardle Jl' s a weU-known member of the V o | bi.fiton Land Hoard, now sctUed oi, ISU l, ' , Jior " 111 Scotlan.l ir ic arrived m .N r e\ v Zealand when S years of age. After engagim, in rto?fm ,S,nCSS 1)unodil1 1111,1 J[! ' 3 Uiton for 50me years, in 'BB4 ]„. took a holding Of 180 acres in I'ahiatua vhicii town owes its origin to hi,,,. ||e "I * a of the f. al! d Co As oi id' ago as 187.% he was k !T' r a aS a " "» iln ' lor W land reform, 'c , V 111liavo -I Wider experiemo. mud mai'-ci-i! tnai< no. ,'r, , ' h'.' lending pioneer of ihe Kor'iv >ni"'i. ablest belief (i

C.XPTAJN )Y. TI.'CKEI!

j Captain William u,.„ vv Tlu . k(ll . ()f ■ florae, w well known on (| k . |.; in , -oa..' jiii|i ( .,. w;|s (I<n,.r iiiM'.'.i•, , '•'■" keeper at Auckamd in M) l' s t,lllc - Captain Tucker I,ecanie a native, agent and interpreter, and laid a commission in the .Militia e"i 'o against To Kooli in ISC!), and was present at the famous Ngalap'u engagement. || o ,' s chairman, of tiio Cook County Council, and (he ci s borne Harbour Board, and a director of the Gisliorne Sheepfarmers' freezing Company. Captain Tucker is the "»■»« 01 a station, and- is at present essee of the Campbell Islands, which hi stocked Willi sheep some years ago. SIR. WI PJSRE. '

Mr M'iromu I'ere j s an inthiciit;..; chief of the JJgatiporou, the principal ribc on the Hast Coast. D,,,-!,,,, fl, o Jl.iniiau rebeHion m'Ue sixties.' |,e ■ook part with th,- friendly na'ives against te Kooti. lie represented the Eastern Alaori electorate i„ u K , Lower House from 188-1 to ISST ami ngiun from 18M till deposed at (lle wsi. election by Mr Ngata. MK. (!. J. ,SMITH.

Mr 0. J. Smith, who is d(i years of iem,?!?', 11 S " ai in tl '" lln,w f ' f ; pnsenla ,ves as a member lor uiii>ic'Hurcji lor six- years from IW *pt»nt .s«>.n.; I'liivni years in a : ur ,°i, ' sllI)S '' 1 l 1 "-"t | 'y engaging in mereftu " l( ' P«w<iiU. lie i, a .strong iemperanee advocate, ami takes a keen interest in volunteering.

-AIR JUJtX BAKU. Mr Join, liarr (C'lirisleimrel,) was . I'.'i a J,<usli; . v . IS«7. Jlc lirst commenced work as a weaver. ami subsapient',y apprenticed to a lion out of his apprenticeship, ho worked l„r S nme time in British Columbia . tie tlnn worked at his trade at \arions points along the Canadian IV wic, and came to New Zealand in l!l(i> ■lt om-e associating himself with tour Politics. lie lias been president. »i the ( anlerlmi'v Trades ami Labour Council, and has taken an active part m the work of unionism. lie is web ™." 11 "nil political subject. 11,1,1 ,s a » Mlniesfc, impressive speaker. MK. J. ANS'TEY.

Mi .John Anstey, of Otipua, South Canterbury, » a well-known farmer. Jle is the lessee of an education receive, and was a member of the Land Commission.

MR. J. R. SINCLAIR. Air J. R, Sinclair, of Dunediii nnif to New Zealand from Wales ' when vei,y young, and was educated in Dun--1 ; u "? r s ."' )st, <l"ently called to the 1.1. lie is not only one of the best le, tT i 1", . D T Hn ' bu( lu ' >'»* »"*« identified himself with secondare education. tie possesses considerable inttiii'nee m legal and commercial cire'es. MR. J. B. CALLAN. Mr ,1. B. Cailau, of Duncdiu, is also ' ;»v.vor, and is a man for whom the JU odm people have the highest reh, ■ , 1( ; i"'ived in New Z,aland about thirty years ago, and is now a pal tiler m the linn of Oallan and t.'al-t'-'Wiiy.

Mt:. J. T. PAl'\j. I , M ;: is the baby of tl* lunult, jnid i,s a linotviro operator on the (((ago ftiily Time's, where he has woikeij lor a lonop time. lU' ■ a keen student of political affairs and " «iio.«l<..,t n l sociological problems IVon, his eavoest youth up, and is a Doiun ■ ciat ol the most advanced modern typo. lie spoaks inci.iivelv and well mid on occasions has written with ex- ! c'l I,'or" 0 T™''™ n "l