WHO'S WHO

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 96, 23 April 1921, Page 11

WHO'S WHO

CANDIDATES FOR CITY

COUNCIL

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

In order to give electors assistance in the matter of identifying City Council candidates The Post has prepared brief biographical notes. With forty-two candidates in the field there are bound to be some who, though capable men, art not known to the public. Electors would bo well advised to study this "Who's Who" and decide before they go to the polling-booth which ■ candidates shall receive their votes. The names are arranged iD alphabetical order.

George Henry Baylis, retired builder md contractor, is a property holder. He has for years shown an interest in local affairs, and for a period was Mayor of lie now defunct borough of Melrose.

Henry Dargaville Bennett is now a .veil-known figure in commercial circles in the Dominion. Besides being interested in various commercial undertakings he is one of the largest fanners iv the Rangitikei district. Mr. Bennett ■ is largely interested in primary products "and is closely associated with the dairying and freezing industries of New Zealand. He is a member of the Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. .Mr. Bennett was a candidate _ for the City Council at tho last municipal elections, and was seventeenth in a list of forty-one candidates. William Henry Bennett, a, builder and contractor, has been a city councillor since the 1915 election. He was for some time president of the Builders and Contractors' Association, and during the past two years served on the following committees of the City Council:—Bylaws and Street Lighting, Milk, Public Health, and Housing. During the absence of Councillor Norwood he acted as chairman of the Milk Committee, and during a very trying period he was successful in maintaining the milk supply of the city. Thomas Brindle (Labour) comes from Manchester, where he was for a considerable number of years a member of the Independent Labour Party. He has been in New Zealand for about ten years, and as a Labour speaker has played a prominent part in the platform activities of the movement. At the General Elections he was the Labour Party candidate for Gisborne, and his vote of close on 2500 was one of the surprises of the elections. At the recent City Council by-election he failed to secure election. He is now a vicepresident of the Wellington. Watersiders 1 Union and the secretary of the Social Democratic Party. ' Timothy Buckley, a resident of Wellington for 27 years, was for fifteen years prior to his retirement Chief Electrician for the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department. For many years he has held responsible positions in connection with the supervision 'of electrical undertakings carried out by the New Zealand Government;

.Robert William Burbridge is head of the firm, of Messrs. W. Burbridge and Company, produce merchants and auctioneers. He arrived in New Zealand from England 34 years ago, and has been a resident of Wellington ever since. For a number of years he was a member of the Mount Cook School Committee, and on one occasion, polled a record number of votes. rHe is how a' resident of Oriental Bay and president of the Oriental Bay and Roseneath Ratepayers' Association^ at whose request he is seeking a seat in the Oity Council.

1 Benjaman Q-eorge Henry Burn has known Karon eince 1881. After a lengthy service with well-known, city firms he commenced . fanning in the Karori district, and cold bis property later when there was a land boom. Since then he has taken, a very active' part in municipal politics. For six years he was a Karon borough councillor, and for five years prior to Karori's amalgamation with toe "city last year he was Mayor of the borough. When amalgamation was effected he was one of Karori's representatives on the City Council. Karori is not now entitled to separate representation. ' Mr Burn was a member'of the Karori School Committee for four years, one year as chairman. He is now a member of Hospital Board, and for three successive: years Was president of the Karori Bowling Club.

John Burns has resided in Wellington City for 30 years and in the Karori district for 12 yeare. For Wiree years he was secretary of the Karori School Committee. As secretary of the Karori Progress Association he assisted in securing the election of a Karori Borough ■Council favourable towards amalgamation with Wellington City, On h,is first attempt in municipal politics ho -was returned second on the poll. On amalgamation of the Borough of Karori with the city, Mr. Burns was elected one of three Karori councillors to a seat on the W.ellingtoD Cit> Council. He was one of the founders oi the late Meh-ose Football Club and of the Karori Rifle Club— of the latter still an active member. For some years he was a member of the Management Committee of the Wellington Rugby Union. He is president of the G.P.O. Overseers' Association, and president of the Karori Progress Asociation.

Sarah Jane Catlow (Labour) was for several years a. member of the Social Democratic Party in Burnley, Lancashire, before leaving for New Zealand fifteen years ago. Since her arrival she has been associated with every effort made to secure Labour representation on public bodies. As vice-president o£ the Rentpayers' Association she has actively engaged in the housing agitation of the .past few years. She. is. now secretary of the Housewives' Onion.

Patrick Cavanagh-, an old identity, ia 0. resident of Kaiwarra. His name has been prominently before the public for many years. For some time he was a farmer in the Wainui district, and later established a dairy farm just beyond Kaiwarra.

Charles Henry Chapman (Labour) was one of the Labour four successful at the council election two years ago. He has served on the Bylaws, Street-lighting, Public Health, and Housing and Reserves Committees. He is secretary of the Typographical Union, besides minor organisations, and has been in New Zealand since 1905. He contested, unsuccessfully, the Wellington South seat at the general election in 1908, and stood for the City Council in Labour's interests in 1909 and 1913. At the last General Election he 'aspired to be member for Hawkes Bay, but was defeated. On one occasion he contested the. Mayoralty.

Nellie E. Coad, M.A., president of the National Council of Women (Wellington branch), is also president of the Women Teachers' Association, and a member of the Cotmefl of Education. She is one who has specialised in educational subjects, and is well acquainted with the opinions and needs of women. She has a special interest in the markets question.

Alexander Wellington Croskery (Labour) was educated at Queen's College, Auckland, and came to Wellington with his parents about 27 years a?o. For some years he was proprietor of a drapery establishment at Newtown, and later was in charge of the country-order department of Messrs. George and Kersley, Ltd. He relinquished the latter -position

at tho express wish of the employees in the drapery shops in Wellington, and became secretary of the Wellington Soft Goods Employees' Union. Five years ago lie was socretary of the Saturday Half-holiday Association, an organisation! which was instrumental in securing the adoption of a Saturday halfholiday. Mr. Croskery has been chairman of the Lyall Bay School Committee, and in addition to being secretary of the Shop Assistants' Union and Federation, he is secretary of the Wellington Operative Butchers' Union. He was an unsuccessful Labour candidate for the City Council two years ago, and was Labour nominee for the Suburbs seat at the last General Election. ;

James Murray Dal© j s a partner in the legal firm of Messrs. Atkinson and Dale. He is " resident of Khandallah, and was Mayor of the Borough of Onslow at the time the latter amalgamated with Greater Wellington. Since then he has keenly advocated the amalgamation of Knrori and Miramar, and rendered considerable assistance in both campaigns, which were ultimately so successful. Mr. Dale has been nrominently connected with school matters at Khandallah. He was first elected to the City Council two years ago, and has served on the following committees:—Bylaws, Finance and Property, Outlying 'Districts, and Reserves. He was chairman of the Legislation and Leaseholds Committee during! the absence of Councillor Atkinson.

Thomas Foreyth, a, sitting councillor, waa first elected two years ago. He is chairman of the Wellington Education Board, and has always taken a keen interest in educational matters, first as a member of the Clyde-quay School Committee. He is a member of the College Boaid of Governors. As manager of Te Aro House for many years he is wellknown in business circles. While a member of the City Council he has been associated with the following committees :—Bylaws and Street Lighting, Legislation and Leaseholds, Power Stations, and Tramways.

Peter Praser (Labour) is president of the New Zealand Labour Party, and was elected a councillor two years ago. He was born at Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1884, and was a member of the Independent Labour Party of England before he came to New Zealand. In 1911 he was president of the Auckland General Labourers' Union. At the Unity Conference of 1913 Mr. Fraser was elected National Secretary of the Social Democratic Party. He has been member of Parliament for Wellington Central since the by-election of 1918. On the council he has served with the following committees: —Legislation and Leaseholds, Milk, Power Stations ani Tramways. , William James Gaudin, a member of the firm of Messrs. W. J. Gaudin and Sons, coal and grain merchants, was an unsuccessful candidate for the City Council two yeans ago. On the death of the late Councillor G. Frost he was nominated to fill the vacancy, and won a seat after a straight-out fight with the "official" Labour candidate.: Mr. Gaudin was born in Wellington in 1877, and is an old boy of Wellington College. He took an active interest .in the sport of rowing and was for five years captain of the Wellington Eowing Club. He has bean actively connected with . friendly society work, being for twenty years secretary of one of the leading societies. He has served on the Kilbimie and Roaeneath School Committees, on the Wellington: Coal Trade Committee, and as a councillor of the Central Chamber of Commerce.

John. Glover (Labour) is manager of Hie Maoriland Worker, and has held that position for nine years. For thirty years before that he. followed the occupation of a miner in England and New Zealand. For many years he was secretary of the New Zealand Labour Party. He has also ' been ' secretary of the Social Democratic Party and the Miners' Federation. Ho was secretary of the defunct Federation of Labour, workmen's inspector at the State Mines, and president of the Runanga Co-opera-tive Society. He unsuccessfully contested the Mayoralty in 1911, and was elected a councillor two years ago. He 1 recently returned from a trip to the Old Country. He has served on the following council committees:—Bylaws and Street Lighting, Outlying Districts, Public Health, and Housing. Andrew Reed Homblow is a wellknown Wellington South business man, having been for twenty-three years a printer in that part of the city. Be is a native of New Zealand, his parents being among Wellington's early settlers, and ever since coming to Wellington from the Wairarapa he has taken _ a keen interest in municipal affairs. With various institutions connected with the welfare of the city he has been actively assooiated, anc* as secretary of_ the Vogeltown and Morniugton Municipal Electora' Association has done practical work in obtaining requirements for the district. He is the nominee of thin body. For many years he nas been associated with the Newtown School Committee, and has been, a member of the Wellington School 'Committees' Association and the Town-planning Association. In other local bodies, lodges, and societies he has beeu interested. He is not a new aspirant for the City Council, having on three previous occasions been a candidate.

John Jury Kerslake has been a resident of Wellington for forty-five years, and a greater part of that time was spent in the services of-the City Council. He joined the council in 1882 as: chief overseer of works, and, up till ten years ago, when the city was subdivided into districts, he supervised most of the works in No. 1 district. Under the district system he was plajoed in charge of No. 1 district. He retired on superannuation last November.

Martin. Maxwell Fleming Luckie has been a'■ councillor for eight years. He is a barrister—a member of the firm oS Messrs. Field, Luckie, and Sladden. An Old Boy of Wellington College, ha ii well known in sporting ciroles, his association with cricket 'being particularly cloae. He was a member of the original committee which formulated the much-discussed milk scheme, which, was endorsed by the public when members of the committee were substantially supported when they sought re-election two 'years ago. During the past tcrmi of office he was a member of the following committees :—Bylaws and Street lighting (chairman), Finance and Property, Legislation and Leaseholds. Milk, Reserves. ;

Prank Meadowci'oft, managing director of Messrs. Oadbury and Fry (N.Z.), Ltd., sought a seat at the council table two years ago, and missed by the narrowest of margins. He has been a, moving spirit in the Kelburn Municipal Elections Association, and in the Greater Wellington Town-Planning Association. He is an ax-president of the Wellington Bowling Centre, of which he is still a member. Mr Meadowcroft is a prominent member of the Congregational Church, and was at one time president of the Congregational Union. Alexander h: Morcteith (Labour) is secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union, and has been prominent in Labour circles in Wellington for many wars. At the last General Elections Ire unsuccessfully contested in Labour's interests the Wellington East seat. ; Ha .was formerly a storeman, but later became secretary of the United Storemen'a Union, from which position he retired in favour of the secretaryship of th« tramwaymen's organisation. James Miiir has been a resident of Wellington for many years, and is ire business in the city as a photographer. He received an insight into municipal work as a councillor of the old Miramar Borough, ,

Robert M'Kean (Labour) is a Scotchman, having been born in Edinburgh. He came out to New Zealand twelve years ago. He haa been in .Wellington seven years, and by occupation is a grocers' assistant.' Four years: ago he) was elected secretary of tho Grocers' Assistants' Union, and devoted the whole" of his time to the duties of that office. For. two years he was a very active secretary of the Wellington Labour Representation Committee, and his organising ability was severely tested at the last General Election. Owing to pressure of work, he recently retired from the position. He has since been appointed secretary of the Match Factory Employees' Union, which he organised', and the Brewery Workers' Union. He was an unsuccessful Labour candidate two years ago.

James M'Kenzie (Labour) is a native of Glasgow,, but for many years he has been prominently associated with the New Zealand Labour movement, both on its industrial and political sides. Ab present he holds the position of Aasist-o.nt-Secretary to the" Hotel Employees' Union. During the war he enlisted in one of the earlier reinforcemerata, and served for two years in France. As a Labour Party, candidate he opposedi Mr. Field, M.P. for Otaki, at th© last General Elections, and. polled, roughly, 2000 votes.

Lea M'Kenzie, a chemist by profession*, has been a city councillor since 1911, and his most notable work has teem accomplished as chairman of the Outlying Districte Committee for a considerable period. He has shown keen interest in sport. Originally ho was on© of this year's candidates for the Mayoralty, bwt subsequently retired from the contest. He did 1 intend not to seek reelection as a councillor, brut finally he was prevailed, upon to agree to his nomination. During his last term on the City Council! he served on the following committees, in addition to that which, attends to the outlying districts :—Finance and Property, Milk, Reserve*.

Annie M'Vicar is a resident of Miramax, and she was a member of the Miramar Borough Council for many years. When the borough was amalgamated with the city she was chosen as one of three representatives of the Borough Council on the City Council. Miramar is not now entitled to special representation. Mrs. M'Vicar has been keenly interested in school matters, and is a member of the Worser Bay School Committee.

Charles John Boyd Norwood, managing director of Dominion Motors, Ltd., has been a councillor since 1917, and was chairman of the committee which originated the present municipal milk scheme. He was ior many years connected with, the Wellington Gas Company and other large trading concerns. He is a member of the Harbour Board. , During the closing term he was a member of the following council • committees:—Finance and Property, Legislation and; Leaseholds, Mi]k, Power Stations, and Tramways.

Alexander Walter Parton is a native of the city, having been born at Wadestgwn 36 years ago. He received his early education at the Clyde-quay and Mount Cook Schools. At 13 years of age he was apprenticed to the plumbing trade with his father, who'was then in business. The year following he commenced studies at the Technical School, and during the following seven years was successful in obtaining up to that time the only full technological certificate for plumbers' work, the school freestudentslii]: scholarship, and honourgrade certificates, and was the only medallist for plumber's work at the Christchurch International Exhibition. At 21 years of age he was taken inlo partnership with his father, and remained so- until 1915, when he joined Messrs.. Harcourt and Co.' Later he went into business on his own account, being manager of the Renown Land Company. During this year he. was elected president of the Seatoun and Bays' Association, and. it was largely due to his efforts that the recent amalgamation of the Miramar Borough with the city was so successful. For several years he was closely identified with sport, being a Wellington representative hockey player.

Katherino Jane Preston, of Adelaideroad, has been for many years identified with the St. John Ambulance work, and with the Wellington South Nursing Division (of which she is the head) was among the most devoted and skilled workers during the epidemic. As soon as war was declared Mrs. Preston collected her workers and started preparing hospital equipment and comforts, and during the whole war period she steadily worked, sending forward many hundreds ■ of cases to St. John's Gate, London, and to Aotea Home, Heliopolis. Mrs. Preston administered thousands of pounds of funds efficiently and economically.

John Read (Labour) has on a previous occasion aspired for a seat on the City Council. He is an Englishman by birth, and came from the Manchester district of Lancashire some twenty years ago. Mr. Read had a varied and extensive experience in, various industries in New Zealand before settling down in Wellington about ten years ago, when he took over the secretaryship of the Stationary and Traction Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Union and Federation, a line of work he had followed mainly throughout his life. Two years ago he contested the Mayoralty. with Messrs. J. P. Luke, M.P., and Mr. W. H. P. Barber, coming second on the poll with a very respectable number of votes. At the last General Election he contested the Wellington North seat in the interest of Labour. Mr. Read has been a consistent Labour advocate since he was twenty years of age, being a member of the Independent Labour Parti* in England up to the time of leading there in 1901. He is interested ]n friendly-society work, and was president of the Wellington Co-operative Society for three years. Mr. Read is now secretary for the organisations mentioned above, also the Timber Workers' Union.

Frederick Singleton (Labour) is a. carpenter by occupation, and ia now the general secretary of the Wellington Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. He is an enthusiastic supporter of the guild system of constructing housing, and for some timei past has been developing such an organisation among the building trades' workers of Wellington. ■ .

Dunbar Sloane was born in New Zealand, and for over... twenty years has been iD business in Wellington, first as a chemist and laterly as an auctioneer. During the war period he was in charge of some of the most important departments. He organised the Hospital Ship branch, and was adjutant and quartermaster of the first hospital ship to leave New Zealand. He did a great deal in connection with the organisation of the camps. Mr. Sloane has always taken a keep interest in local affairs, and is at present a Commissioner on the Johnsonville Town Board. He resides at Johnsonville, and at the last General Election he unsuccessfully, contested the Suburbs seat against Mr. R. A. Wright. Sarah Ellen Snow (Labour), a member of the Hospital Board elected two years ago, was formerly a member of the executive of the New," Zealand Labour Party. She took a prominent part in the formation of the Wellington North branch of the Labour Party and is president of ths Housewives' Union She is a member of the Terrace School Committee. ;

Robert Henry Stickney (Labour), a compositor employed at the Government Printing vjuice, is president of the Wellington Typographical .' Society He arrived in New Zealand from England about ten years ago. He is interested in the Socialist movement, and was for

some years secretary of the Wellington branch of the Social Democratic Party.

William John Thompson has been a city councillor for eight years, and since the death of Councillor George Frost he has been chairman of the Reserves Committee. He served on the following committees during the last two years: —Bylaws and Street Lighting, Finance and Property, Outlying Districts, Power Stations, and Tramways, Reseryes. ■ ■ ,' Sydney Houghton Underwood was born in Wellington, and is a decendant of one of the. oldest families. He has lived in the city all his life except for the time taken up by two world- tours. He is largely interested in city and suburban properties. For six years he was a councillor of the defunct borough of Miramar, and was Deputy-Mayor of Miramar during tho epidemic of 1918. He is a member of the executive of the Wellington branch of the Navy League, and also a member of the Educational' and Entertainment Committees. He has for a number of years been connected with the Wellington Automobile Club, of whose committee he is a member. Mr. Underwood is a bowling enthusiast. He is at present secretary of the New Zealand Bowling Association. ' He has been secretary of the Nowtown Bowling Club for nine years, and the Wellington Bowling Centre for .two yeare. Edward Vine, a New Zealander by birth, is a partner in the firm of Messrs. Vine and Wilson, auctioneers and estate agents. He is a grandson of the late Thomas Walter Vine,'"originator of the eight-hour day movement in Victoria. On the outbreak of war Major Vine volunteered for service abroad, but was retained in the Dominion and appointed O.C. Expeditionary Force Base Records. He continued his connection with the department until the conclusion of the ■war. Major Vine's activities include memberehip of the committee of the Early Settlers' Association and the Wellington Patriotic Band. He has been interested in numerous kindred social organisations, and has been to the front" in the development and encouragement of sport.

Michael Walsh (Labour) was born in Blenheim forty-one years ago. For a number of years he has been a member of the Northland School Committee. He has also been president of the Hibernian Society, and has taken- considerable interest in friendy society work, in which movement he was for some time a member of the Friendly Societies' Dispensary Board. He is a hairdresser and tobacconist, in business on his own account at Thorndon.

William Thomas Young (Labour) is secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union, and for years past has been very prominent in the Labour movement in New Zealand.