CHANGE OF SPEAKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19976, 19 June 1928, Page 9

CHANGE OF SPEAKERS.

MR. WHITLEY RETIRING. APPOINTING A SUCCESSOR. TO-DAY'S CEREMONY IN HOUSE. (Received Juno 18, 5.35 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGB-Y, June 17. The change of Speakers in the House of Commons, which is to occur this week, will be accompanied by an interesting ceremony. After question time to-mor-row the present Speaker, Mr. J. H. Witlev, will officially notify the House of his intention to retire at the end of Tuesday night's sitting. The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, will thereupon give notice to move resolutions expressing the appreciation of the House of Mr. Whitley's services and asking the King to confer some signal mark of his Royal favour on him. These resolutions will be moved after question time on Tuesday and at the close of that day's sitting the members of the House, headed by the Prime Minister and the principal officials, will file pass the Chair and bid farewell to the Speaker. On Wednesday Captain E. A. Fitzroy, the present deputy-chairman of committee, will be elected Speaker. The motion for his election will be proposed by Sir Robert Sanders, Conservative member for Somerset, who was at one time considered to be a likely candidate, and seconded by Mr. C. W. Bowerman, Labour member for Deptford. Tho vote will probably be unanimous. The House will then adjourn and immediately afterwards will be summoned to the House of Lords by Black Rod for the King's approval of the appointment of Captain Fitzroy to be signified.