CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 7

CITY COUNCIL.

Mr".* W. Appleton has been a member of the City Council for the last four years. He is an accountant by profession, and is now retired. He has been engaged In local body and social service work for twenty years; was a member of the Onslow. Borough Council, and also served on the Hospital .Board. Mr. W.H. Bennett has been a city councillor, for 20 years, four of them as deputy mayor. He was one of a committee set up to investigate the city's milk supply, and he has represented the council on several local bodies: the Suburban Highways Board, the' Fire Board, and the Technical Col-lege-Board of Governors (14 years). He was-born in Wellington. Mr. A. J. Birchfield^ (Communist) is a'trade union militant of long standing, principally in the Miners; Union. For the' last few years he was an -active member of-the N.Z. Workers' Union. He has served two periods of imprisonment for working-class activi- . ties, his last sentence being six months 'for-sedition," in 1933. ' Mr.-A. .Black" (Labour)'is secretary of the1 Labour ißepresentation Commit--tee'and of the Engineers' Union; has acted On the Advisory-Committee at th° Wellington Technical College; ■ presi- ' dent" of-the Vogeltown Progressive Association. He has contested municipal elections on two previous occasions .-Mr.-T. Brindle .(Labour) ■ has' held /many offices.in the Labpur movement; for ..several, years president of.the Lab- ' is an "executive member of ,the Trades and Labour Council. He ' contested" WellingtonJ Suburbs afthe la^it General, Election,- and is a member of the. City .Council. -Mr..C.-M: Brooks (Communist) has c been active 'tor . some' considerable tone; as secretary and organiser of the Wellington Relief Workers' Union. He ;is*"wfell known'amongst the'unemployed of-Wellington. Acted-as secretary • fof the L.R.C. during the last Parliamentary election in the Wairau electorate; and afterwards joined the Communist Party; is a ■ returned soldier twith. four years', service overseas. Mr. J. Burns has been a councillor . for J2 years. He was for twenty years in charge of the stamp printing branch ol the Government Printing Office. He,took an active part in bringing about the amalgamation of Karori with the city; was four years chairman of the libraries' and legislation committee; is chairman of the-re-serves committee. ' Mr. P. M. Butler s(Labotir)-.j«as the 1 first chairman of the Local Unemployment Committee; is secretary of the Wellington Builders' and General Lab- , ourers' Union and of the National Federation. of Labourers; a member of the ' National Council of the Alliance of Labour and of the national executive! - of the Labour Party. He was elected to the City Council in 1931. Mn C. p. Chapman, M.P. (Labour) has served on the Wellington City Council for twelve years. Harbour Board ten years, Hospital Board eight f ,years, Technical College Board eleven years. He contested the-Mayoralty in , 1911, 1925, and 1927. For some years he was president of;/the Wellington Bed Cross Peace Time Centre. He was . elected for Wellington North in 1928. Mr. J. H. Collins (Labour) is a keen student of civic affairs and is closely , associated with the .political and in- . dustrial Labour movement.' He was, i for a number of years, a member of the 1..R.C.> executive. ■ Mr. Collins was : a candidate at the last .municipal elections. • ■ ; ! • Mr; A. ,R. Croskery (Labour) is chairman of the Lyall Bay School Commit- ! tee, secretary 'of the •■ New Zealand ' Shop Assistants' Federation, Wellington i Shop Assistants' Union, arid Wellington 'District Butchers' Union. Be has ' municipal elections on pre- : vious occasions and was •a. candidate < for Wellington Suburbs on two occa- ; sions. ■■'■;•, ■ ■■: ■ ' - '. Mr. W. Duncan ■ (Citizens) has been • a member of the City Council'for four years;;has served oa the bylaws, milk,

reserves,' appeal, and staff committees of the ■council. He has been 30 years a member of the Wellington Football Association, and for 20 years a member of the Royal Port Nicholson "Yachting Club, and for many years has been president of the one, and commodore of the other.

Mr..T. Forsyth (Citizens) has been a city councillor for several years. He has been; a Member of Parliament, and was for sixteen years chairman of the Wellington Educatioa Board. He has served on' numerous committees.

Mr. P. Fraser (Labour) has represented Wellington Central since 1918, and was a .city councillor from 1919 to .1923, resuming his seat in June, 1933.: Heis.a former president of. the New, Zealand Labour Party; has been secretary of the ParUameritary Labour Party since 1919, and is now Deputy Leader; president of the Wellington Labour Representation Committee. He was runner-up in a three-cornered Mayoral contest in i 923.

Mr. W. J. Gaudin (Citizens) has had many years' service as a city councillor. He has served on most of the council committees- at various times, and is a member of the' Technical School Board. He was born in Wellington and is a successful merchant.

Mr." C. J. Hay (Labour) has been chairman of the Mirainar branch of the New Zealand Labour Party for the last five years. He is also a member of the Blood Transfusion' Service. He was'a candidate, for the City' Council at the last municipal elections.

Mr. P. D. Hoskiris (Citizens) was before' his retirement' from the Public Service ' assistant accountant at the General'Post'Office. He is a Justice of the 'Peace; has devoted himself to charitabre, friendly society, arid educational work; takes a'keen' interest in outdoor-sport.' ■ - ' r .■ ..-■-■" " Mr. ;H. A: Huggins " (Citizens) has been a meriiber of 'the City Council for ten years.' He was chief accountant in the head office of the Post arid Telegraph 'Office, arid Controller of the-Post Office Savings Bank; for 17 years a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board; has served on every - committee in the council; a member of St. ' John Ambulance; teustee of-Fielden Taylor's Men's Shelter and Mission; member of the Victoria University College Council.

Mr. M. F. Luckie (Citizens) was for eighteen \; years continuously ori the council' (191331); the last six as deputy mayor. In 1931 he contested the Mayoralty; has served on numerous comihittees, -and represented the council on the Technical Education Board, Victoria College - Council, and the Wellington Fire .Board. '"

Mr. R. L". Macalister (Citizens) in 1933 missed, aseat on the council by a narrow margin after . a recount. He is a lawyer by profession, and has specialised in property and financial work. Before becoming a" partner in his present firm, was assistant solicitor to, the Public Trust Office.

R.,McKeen, M.P. (Labour), was born in' Edinburgh, and took an active part -,in the Labour and co-operative movement's. He has held, the secretaryship of several New Zealand unions and of the' Wellington Labour Representation Committee. He has represented Wellington South in Parliament since 1922 and has been a councillor since 1925.

Mr. L. S. W. McKenzie (Citizens) was < a member of the City Council from 1911 to 1923, resigning to go abroad; was again elected in 1933. He is a pharmaceutical, chemist,by profession; '•' has taken much interest in sport, gardening, and botany. He is a member of the Suburban Highways Board, and an ex-member of the Hospital Board.

Mr. M. Ormerod (Communist), has been the organiser lor the National Unemployed Workers' movement for some time; has played a leading part in -important unemployed demonstrations in Wellington and other centres; was an'active member of the WesternAustralia Seamen's Union before coming -to New; Zealand.

Mr. A. Parlane (Labour) has been a candidate for the City Council on three occasions. He has held the following positions:—President, Wellington. Drivers' Union, Wellington Trades and -Labour Council,- Wellington. Labour Representation Committee, Wellington School Committees' Association, and of the Wadestown and Highland Park Progressive Association; chairman of the Wadestown School Committee for past 12 years; secretary of the Wellington Drivers' Union.

Mr./Jl ,W; Rarisoh' (Labour)i.born in Victoria, has had a long business life in •Wellington. In 1917 he 'organised the retail side of the,fruit trade and was secretary of the Retail Fruit Traders' Association for several'years. He has been, connected' with the Labour movement since 1917. He/was a candidate for the council in 1931.

Miss C. A. Rawcliffe (Communist) played an active part in the 'Hotel and Restaurant Worker's' Union, representing that organisation on the Trades and Labour Council and the Labour Representation Committee. Since joining the Communist Party has played an active role in the National Working Women's movement.

Mr. John Read (Labour) has taken an* active part in., the New Zealand Labour Movement since 1900. He is president of the Trades and Labour Council, an office he has filled formerly. He has at times been a candidate •for the City -Council and Mayoralty and stood for Labour for Wellington North. He has served as Labour representative |on Technical College Board of1 Governors. t • Mr. M. J. Reardon (Labour) has had extensive experience in administration .and in Labour.' work. He was instrumental in securing the purchase of the Trades.Hall. A deputy member of the Court of Arbitration, 1916----21,' and member, 1921-23; information 'officer, ,i British Empire Exhibition, 1924-25; deputy chairman on the Wellington "Repatriation Board, 1919-21; Prices Investigation Tribunal, 1920-21. and on the Commission of Fixation of Prices, 1927. He is secretary of the Wellington Fruit Trade Association.

- Mr. J. J. Robinson (Communist) is one of the foundation members of the Communist Party; took a leading part in the West Coast Communist Federation between the years 1923 and 1927; has served many periods of imprisonment for his political activities. At present he is active amongst the unemployed of Wellington, and is president of the National Unemployed Workers' movement. . .' ,

Mr. J. Tucker (Labour) is secretary of the Wellington Storemen and Packers' Union, past-president of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council, and a member of the executive of the Federated Trades and Labour Councils of New Zealand. He is,deeply, interested in economic and commercial matters. He was president of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council for two .years.

Mr. M; Walsh (Labour) has for many years been an active worker lor the Labour Party.- He-worked-for/the je«-

tablishment; of the United Friendly Societies': Dispensary, and' was a memberyof.its controlling board.- He has stood for the City Council on previous occasions. ' ■•■-.■...••

Mr. R.-A.-Wright (Citizens) has been a Member 'of Parliament'since 1908; has been Mayor of Wellington, a member of the City Council, a member of the Harbour Board, and is. a successfur business man.