MR CHAMBERLAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 9 July 1909, Page 2

MR CHAMBERLAIN.

NEW ZEALAND CONGRATULATIONS By Telegraph—Press Associt ion. Dunedin, iliuitilay. As a result of a aixpeim,. aumu'iption the following cable u.u ueen signed 1 by the Mayor una president of the Duneilin Ch»ii.iA:i- oi Cui.inii-rcL' and sent lo the chairman of the Chamberlain meet- 1 ing to be lieid at Albert liall, London: t —"The citizens of Dunedin congratulate i ill - . Chamberlain on his achievements hi \ the interests uf the Empire and extend i" their good wishes and highest apprecia- I ■lion of the services of himself and his 1 devoted wife, services that have sig- ] nally and conspicuously bettered life conditions.'' The chairman of the Dunedin Stock i Exchange has forwarded a birthday, i greeting on behalf of the stock ex-1 i . changes' of the Dominion. I i

CANTERBURY FELICITATIONS. t ] - n Christcliurch, Last Night. J] Mr. G. W. ltusscll, M.P., chairman of s tho Canterbury College Board of Gover- lj nors, forwarded tile following cablje to j Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain on Wednes- a day: ''Canterbury University College j congratulates you upon successful Im- t perial services of your husband.—Russell." j The Canterbury branch of the Navy i League sent the following cable: "Can- ] terbury branch New Zealand Navy . League congratulations to great Empire ; builder." . The Cliristchureh City Council has forwarded the following cable message j to Mrs. Chamberlain on the occasion of the meeting in lloyal Albert Hall, Loudon, in honor of Right Hon. Joseph ; phamberlaSn'iS seventy-third birthday: "Christcliurch, New Zealand, wishes many happy returns of the day to Bri--1 tain's great colonial statesman." ■ At yesterday's meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board, it was resolved to send a cablegram to Mrs. Chamberlain congratulating her upon the attainment to-day by her husband (tho Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain) of his seventythird birthday. I

NEWSPAPER FELICITATIONS. Christcliurcli, Last Night. The following cable message, signed by tile editors of 40 newspapers, was sent to Mrs. Chamberlain: "We felicitate the distinguished statesman wiiose consecration to Empire (has been an inspiration to all, andoffcr our homage to his devoted wife."