LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.
SIR MAURICE O'ROKKE. Ilis Excellency 1 lie Governor this moming approved of lho appointment of ,Sir Maurice O'Rorke to a scat in tho Legislative Council. Sir Maurice O'Rorke. who was created a knight in 1680, hold the uflico of Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1879 to 1890, aud faun 1894 until his dt'fudt at the general election in 1902. lie was also Speaker of the Auckland Provincial Council from 1865 lo 1876, and a member of tho Ministry during 187274. Sir Mauiice has ab*o taken an attive part in the education movement in Auckland, where- ho resides.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 150, 25 June 1904, Page 6
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102LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENT. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 150, 25 June 1904, Page 6
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