A POPULAR POLITICIAN.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3416, 21 August 1913, Page 4

A POPULAR POLITICIAN.

SIR JAMES CARROLL'S 56TH

birthday

SOME 200 CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES RECEIVED. *

Vo more popular figure has existed in' New ZoaUnd politics for the past ‘>o years than Sir' James. Carroll. Ho hUn ncrsonality which is irresistible, S frOT.“S° did of the the other nothin, hut erwdiTill o fo towards the genial and large-hearted member for Gisborne electorate Yesterday was Sir James Oarroll 56th birthday, and the remarkab popularity he enjoys. was proved by the fact that? he received upward of 200 congratulatory telegrams from a parts of the Dominion. One of these was from Mr. J. A* Young, chairman . of the Native Affairs Committee in the House, who stated that a seasonable motion had been passed that day and recorded on the minute* —a unique and unprece'james despatched the following renlv “Proud always when my old committee gives a thought to a humbl^Athe pile of congratulatory “eoiLl wore those from Mr D H. Guthrie, Government Whip; Messrs. G- W. and A. T. Ngata, Opposition V hip s » convey[n,r the good wishes of the party. The Hons. V. H. Hemes and J.M. B Fisher sent personal greetings while dozens of other members on both sides of the House wished the veteran statesman many happy re turns of the day. ■ Scores of messages were also re.e-v----ed from friends in all parts of the Dominion, including warm greeting from the editors of the Auckland Star” and “N.Z. Times.’ Sir James also came in lor general congratulations from his many fr.ends throughout the Gisborne district, including a hearty message from the Mayor iof Gisborne (Mr. J- R. Kii'k). . t; Jf ?. man is human. 7 sa.Ki *sll Jnmcft to a pressman, yesterday, *‘he cannot help being affected by so much kindlv consideration as has been shown me to-day. It has always bten tlie same on mv birthday which almost come to be regarded as a iegular institution in Wellington J can honest’y say that I don’t think I have a single enemy in New Zealand. I have plenty of political opponents, butthat is another matter: and that we are the best of friends is proved bv the fact that among many of the warmest greetings I have received to-dav are v lose from Ministers and members on tii 2 Government side of the House.