DEVOTED SERVICES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 147, 18 March 1931, Page 9

DEVOTED SERVICES

Politician’s Worthy Career (Rec. March 17, 5.5 p.m.). British Wireless. Rugby, March 16. The House of Commons to-day formally recorded its sorrow at the untimely passing of the late Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Vernon Hartshorn), who died suddenly at the end of last week. The Prime Minister described him as one of the men of humble origin who, in this generation, had stepped into high office and had done their work with signal devotion and success. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, expressing sympathy on behalf of the Opposition, said that Mr. Hartshorn had set an example of duty plainly and simply done. Mr. David Lloyd George said he had known Mr. Hartshorn for thirty years and latterly had frequently conferred with him on unemployment problems, which he had approached with broadmindedness and an exceptional independence of judgment. Sir John Simon, with whom Mr. Hartshorn served on the Indian Statutory Commission, said he brought to that task energy and sympathy, and the fact that the commission produced a unanimous report was largely due to his Influence.