LONG LIVERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 153, 30 June 1945, Page 7

LONG LIVERS

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OBSERVATION BY MR. NASH Parliamentary Reporter. WELLINGTON, this day. ' "The ten deceased legislators to whom we have paid tribute to-day lived on' an average for 81 years, said the acting-Prime Minister, Mr. Nash, in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon before the House formally placed on record its appreciation of their services, and extended its sympathy to their relativesMr. Nash also mentioned' that one of the late members had lived to the age of 94 years. Another was 90 years, and the youngest was 62. The sum of their ages was 813 years. "On that evidence," added Mr. Nash, "it seems to me that the position is 'Come to Parliament and live a long life.'" An Opposition member: If they let you.

Mr. Nash also said that it was significant that those who were members of the Legislative Council also 'liyed long. Those to whom tributes were paid were Messrs. F. Findlay (Nat., Hamilton) and Mr. J. W. Munro (Govt., Dunedin North), who were elected to the present Parliament; Messrs. J. G- Cobbe, E. W. Alison, R. Scott, H. Holland, H. J. Greenslade, W. H. Field, C.*E. Bellronger and J. T. Patuki. In the case of Mr. Holland the House's sympathy was acknowledged by the Leader or the Opposition, Mr. S. G. Holland, who had succeeded his father in representation of Christchurch North.