"CHRISTCHURCH EAST."

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 16, 24 February 1914, Page 7

"CHRISTCHURCH EAST."

THOMAS HENRY DAVEY, M.P. for Christchurch East since 1002. It is a far cry from the old bush-felling and sawinillwig days in Feiiding to the first time'he entered the House, and in those years "Harry" Pa^ey'crowu6Vt hi a lot of eminently useful private and public work. He is know, to Christchurch by his advocacy of the Greater Christehurch, and other schepiies,'and hjs fellow M.P's are agreed that he is pne who takes his politics senously. It ■may be added that he is more or, Jess always undeivtlje eye of . Speaker—-his-seat. gives him. that prominence. Mr Davey. simply dates' Bills, and last session he earned the/gratitude, of the tramway men, through/out ■ New Zealand" by having! the >"<leath-trap" .-caj'S VDaveyised.' y . As a, parliamentarian, he seldom talks .unless he, has something, to. say, and- as a- plain citizen he has been known to ring up'-'.and- ask, what won the last race. Ab ■ov-iou'rnalist himself,, he .is, a go^d-friend jrespected. jiressmeri.'