LATE MR. JOHN ANSTEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 81, 2 October 1940, Page 7

LATE MR. JOHN ANSTEY

Tributes were also paid to the memory of .the late Mr. John Anstey, who was formerly a member of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives.

The Prime Minister said that Mr. Anstey was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 until 1914, and of'the House of Representatives from 1914' to 1919, representing the Waitaki electorate. He was born in Devon in 1856 and came to New Zealand in 1878,-. his first occupation here being that of a shearer. He died on August 28 last. As a member of the Liberal Party his views were always taken seriously, and he was a determined exponent of his party's views as well as •of his own. His long experience as a farm worker gave him a knowledge of men and experience which stood him in good stead in the House of Representatives, and he never hesitated in expressing his appreciation of men carrying on that work. He was always to be found on the side of progress.

Mr. Hamilton-said that the House, in paying tribute to Mr. Anstey, was doing so to. a distinguished Englishman, and also to one of the Dominion's foundation citizens.

Tribute was also paid by the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes (National, Hurunui!»,.the Minister of Labour, the Rev. Clyde Carr (Government, Timaru), Mr.-D. C. Kidd (National, Waitaki), and Mr. T. D. Burnett (National, Temuka).