PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1935, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. J. A. Mcßride, LL.B. has lefll Wellington to take up a position as a solicitor in the legal firm of Messrs. Harris, Tansey and Ritchie, of Raetihi. Doctors Henderson and Balfour, of the famous Mayo, clinic, U.S.A., will arrive from the South, via Blenheim tonight, and will afterwards address a meeting of the British Medical Association. They will leave tomorrow morning on a motor tour iof the North Island., v _ ; *. After the Legislative Council, had adjourned .yesterday s »ther »I«aaer ft the • Council (the Hon.!? RJ* Misters) congratulated the Speaker (Sir Walter' Carncross) on haying reached, his 80th birthday that day: He congratulated him on his. long, service tin; politics and expressed .the hope that he would enjoy many more birthdays in good health. Sir Francis, Bell, also congratulated Sir" Walter and referred to his 45 years of unbroken service in politics, of which 32 had been in the Council. There was no one present who had been in the Council \ when Sir Waited first entered it, Sir Francis said. The Hon; R.i,Moore and the Hon. J. A. Hanan also congratulated Sir-Walter and expressed their good wishes.. Sir Walter thanked his colleagues for their congratulations and good wishes. He said that he had had 45 years .of unbroken service >in politics, having entered the Lower House in 1890. He concluded. his service's in the House at the end of' 1902 and entered the Council early in 1903. He was elected Chairman of Committees eight times in ;* succession without opposition and had'f Men. Speaker since July, 1918. Lady Carncrpss also celebrated : her.,, birthday yesterday and the members s'whq spoke 'asked?' Sir. /W«l^er io convey their good, wishes; to/her. , f % ■ f;§ ..