DOMINION DELEGATE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 302, 17 September 1936, Page 10

DOMINION DELEGATE

Centenary of South Australia LEGISLATORS’ CHOICE The Rev. 0. L. Carr, M.P. for Tiniaru, was selected at the annual meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association last evening to represent it at the centenary celebrations to be held in South Australia between December 22 and December 31 next. An invitation to the New Zealand branch to nominate one delegate was received fyom the Premier of South Australia, Hon. R. L. Butler, on behalf of his Government and the branch of the association in that State. Invitations have also been extended to the United Kingdom branch to nominate three delegates, including one from Northern Ireland, and also to the branches in Canada, the Union of South Africa, Irish Free State, India and Ceylon, to nominate one representative each. All expenses. • including fares, will be paid by the South Australian branch of the association, and delegates will be the guests of the State during, their visit there. They will also be officially entertained in the other Australian States they may visit. MEETING OF BRANCH Annual Election of Officers The annual meeting of ■ the New Zealand branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association was held last evening. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. W. E. Barnard, presided. The following officers were elected: Presidents, the Speaker of the Legislative Council, Hon. Sir Walter Carncross, aud Mr. Barnard; vice-presi-dents, the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, the Leader of the Legislative Council, Hon. M. Fagan, the Leader of the Opposition, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. M.P., Hon. R. Masters, M.L.C., and the Hon. Sir Janies Allen, M.L.C.; treasurer, Hon. W. W. Snodgrass, M.L.C.; auditors, Mr. W. J. Lyon, M.P., and Hon. W. Perry, M.L.C.; secretary, the clerk of Parliaments, Mr. C. M. Bothamley; executive committee. Hon. Sir Heaton Rhodes, M.L.C., Hon. J. Cotter. M.L.C., Hon. J. A. Hanan, M.L.C., Hon. W. H. Mclntyre, M.L.C., Hon. W. Perry, the Minister of Education, Hon. P. Fraser, Mr. E. J. Howard. M.P., Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P.. Mr. S. G. Smith. M.P., and the Hon. Sir Alfred Ransom, M.P.