THE NEW SPEAKER.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE NEW SPEAKER.

'>!■' I.Ki.IM.ATn E COl/VclL. H"-V i. -1. InII.NSTu.YS IAKKKK. II"' Hon. ' li;>i !■■- -r..Jj,n Johnston, who lia- I Jl .'lfrlcl -Speaker of fill' Lngislll-" liM- Council, in succession (l , sir Charles ' ■ I'V.wii, is a imiiM. WVllinjrtoii, 1111 vm ~ ! > l>orn thin- in 18-15, and he lias dm,,, much (~ jissi.sl in the dcveloomt'iit "I' Now Zealand, mill mure particularly Hi,' Wellington province. Hj s et |.,. cation commenced in Wellington, and was continued at the Catholic t'ollp-ro "i M. Alary, in l)ei-l.\'.-ltiiv, Kiigland, iwiil concluded al Kensington lie relumed to W ellin,.tou in 1804, and entered tin- ineiviiiitile hi.use of Mossfr ■ b.hn-iou ;m,l ('„., „)' which his father, ,l "' l:l1 '' """. '"lin Johnston, was the .„,■■„!,,. I'm many ,v,ars hj,. has l,een proijimeiit »' I'iil'lie life, as he has always taken a .nival inirivsi j„ ], ( ,i|, hK-ttl'and Dominimi politic-. .As one who showed sued a keen interest jn t |,,. j.rofjreas of New Zealand il was „,,|y natural that he should hn,e jv|.resented a Wellington ei.ii.-(itiieii,. r > in Parliament, and in 18S'_> ne wn - n(iinied is member lor Te Avo, and al tin. f0i1,,,., in- "i-noral «_• liJtrt.icut ile was ro-ele.-l. d f,ir i ;„• s.niie .'.instil uency. Me .esielled hi.- seal ill the House of Be. l.res,.ula(i\eshefoiv thecspiry of his SCI'"lid !eim. and i.M.k a Iriji 'to Kilgklld, "n leinmiii- he rend, ,ed valuable assistance 1.1 Id- native eiM iii many way.s, and it vvn- a litiinu honor to a Mill of on- e| ii„. i.imdei- m| the colony, (hat lie -lo'l'M ha'.l Lee.| ehrted to till' ]K>l4llion ••!' I lii' i 'd,i;.d-li-,ite of Ihe Kiuuire t i 1... lie lead llm- idlite. iii succession I" 'the lion .1. imi'iie, dnriiie ISW, the jubilee \, ,ir ~[ iii,. , ii \ and colony. 11l IMII he' v.a- appended to the Legialillive i'i.inii-il. his name hem," included i.i tile 1.1-t 11-t I I I.eej-l.ltiVe ( 'ill Illlil IdJ'.S

v, ho we,-, i,,.,,!,. iiie„il.ei . lor life. The In.ii. ' . I. .Mm (en lias always tale i, ' 1:,,!., i,,(, .e,i in the \ulunteer iiiovolieaii. and ,m tie- u .mall f the Web.i,..,,.!! Naval ISlie.'.le he W lis »(!• I'.'iule.l . a; lain, and laler hecauie eiijii.iii: .oiiin. led ml mi lb" a.'the reserve, lie -.1'..,1 ~. the I'a rill. Lit expedition, aild w.ls a,,| „',n led iiellt.'ll "Ii tllO llilailac'm.l 111 ..I I lie New Zealand MiIdia in I' i.o, Il may aliened that. Iwo "I hi- -01,- ,lle l|..e. s,.|'vi|l« lit till" li.ail ( o|.,iiel I''. P. -lohlr-ton, in emu. ma.id ~! tj„. New /.aland Inluiilry Ure:;,'!,' al the Dardanelles, and l.ieiitenaitl ". il. I'. Jolmston "sonicwliere in llaltee," 111 coilllecl ioll Vlitll lllllkWll m-iitiilieii- and industries ii,,- lion, gelillema i- pi..iuineiill.\ ...nuected with tlm \. vv X,-aland Hoard of ihe Austnilhn Mu(ml Pievid.iH No,i,.|v, ami with the Weinn. ten Wo,. Hell ( '.. i,. pa !IV , while In' is ell lb" dileclelale ~f other COllipUllies. II" I- a]■.. len-iil lor ileleiuni and the N. ,Ie i-i.mi.l-. and in vnliie of the former I'llie ha- heei, a. live in in the I,'llel Well. ior Hehlil.m sillCO t/ll' Will' broke out.