THE LATE PRESIDENT
SYMPATHETIC REFERENCES
IN HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES.
Sympathetic reference was made in the House of Representatives this afternoon to the death of President Harding, President of the United States.
The Prime Minister moved that the Governor-General be requested to forward to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for presentation to the United States,a message recording the sense of sorrow felt by the members of the House of Representatives at the death of President Harding, and tendering to «ie people of the United States their sympathy in the great loss they have sustained.
Mr. Massey said there was mourning in every household in the United States to-day.. He had not had the honour of meeting Mr. Harding, but he knew him by repute to be a man of nigh character, with no idea of selfaggrandisement, whose only aim was to do the best he possibly could for the people who elected him. Ho was elected to the Presidency by the biggest majority ever recorded in contests for that high office. A man of sterling' character, he held the respect and confidence, not. only of the people of the United States, but of Britain and other countries.
The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. T. M. Wilford) seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr. H. E. Holland (Leader of the Labour Party) and Mr. L. M. Isitt (Christchurch North). The motion was carried, and the House adjourned at 3 p.m. for an hour as a mark of respect.
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce passed the following resolution to-day: "That this council places on record its deep sense of sorrow with the American nation on the sudden death of President Harding, and mourns with them the passing of an illustrious advocate of the peace of the world and closer friendship with the British Empire."
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 31, 6 August 1923, Page 8
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