THE NEW MACE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 8

THE NEW MACE.

~ A QW-myu ' "' :''■ ter*^^^^^ 1 " * y ' "* : 'Minis; SLKI™ B ' and ; ? or e eous . implement ..of ft w«- WAi eX " ( ted i L nuch Mmiretibu '-when K? 6 "P' 0 ,:,*« legislative Council fe» n t„ b f e - for ? th «. Speaker of the 'Housed 'Representatives,, poor-to' the delivery of the of ? & °4 ad S ,r ,! n S tho scintillating' brightness of the "bauble" was given whileMt loosed af towards,, on th. table,„f the Housed \\ hen. petitions and motions hid ■' been disg/j,■**J?i™ -Minister said tKt' & S-'«.m#, a statement .with' regard to from New, Zealand: for ...London; the Speaker S-' hl ?l ?;I et «' wh ieh Sir Joseph read stating that■ he, mace, belonging to'.tfie Htiut had been destroyed by five, anlthat it would bejesuable for himito: obtain" a' new W °he 6 wf ?? d^' the J House 6f;Co m .' mons, if he had the time' during his visit the «» mace prepared,,, and' it Vwas wcciselv similar to that -used; in the. English ioW if land ? ? n te' and the of Now :■•&£. 'and. In 1866 a mace was presented to the House; by .Clifford; a™ it iwaS the .members-,of the'House'should^accent the new. mace from :them >as a nresentatTon it the Speaker^, the,' membofsTf the House ' ■Presented to the Hon.-the Speaker and eent c men of. the House of:nepres^Sivestithi" ,ter, m the short.time that he had;had at his and Jnnsiderin p . 'the many duties'hl had had to perform, should 'be congratulated fw so attending to the: request made to him! He thanked the ,'Prime, Minister;' andi "his > cbl! \?l a tl r . m T ailng th J 3 ve ff T al naWe presenta«?rt to .-" w°'' Ho? S:- '••??.; called upon the father of. the_Houk>,..-the Hon:' Sir William - Jukes Seward to move a fitting;resolution"s tnS able m: ™- ■elegaht,.:_and 'valu.; l-'^Sf S^ d •*»?''that'the'inace : had beep well described, as , the ••'emblem of their i-.priVi eges. anotherpowe'rV.and'it'was'fi tting tha .iVi.shouldvhave'been-.modelled on'he' emblem 'of'tHe-'Mother Parliament ■SSS-t d % pr ?^ din A s ,o£' that "House should .always .characterise their.' proceedings, : and if the principles which had"been - so"worthily maintained ;.in ; -the; Mother Parliament should . b^,i*v nl ' a S s ' ?la,nl J a ' n S d jn this Britain of the y?d ~? hnt - this Hons6 accepts ■ gW 1 . thanks_the .mace .presented by, the 'Eight T?!? - .,- i-TO 91 - -and: his colleagues, and more'in recognition of the .spirit .which has prompted the' gift, as well as ..°V, Its .intrinsic. valne, 'and -of the authority .and of which- it is the emblem. 'Mr-Massey, seconded,the motion,-which-was agreed, to. unanimously;'. '.''.'.,,