LEGISLATIVE ,COtJNCIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13461, 28 June 1907, Page 7

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The Council assembled a few minutes aftei* the opening ceremony had concluded, following -new members, \^re'- sworn in:— Messrs Gilmer^: ', Callan, Sinclair, • 'Tucker, Paul, LQ9ghnan, Anstey, Collins, G. J. SSrfch, Baff; arid'Xuke. '-' .> ,!^ie Attoriiey-Genefal (Dr, Find Fay) mfteed airepolutifl(n.recojdan,g an exppressifeto of the Colinctflat tKe" great v Joss '^Jged^the^ath of tie late^Attor-n«y-wnera.F{obsojiel Pitt) and 1 the symp£tifrl'<ff %Ke«C4«ncil witktiKe fttmily of dece%«ed.. Dr. Findlay briefly outlined Colonel' Pitt's publio careei;, and spoke iri 'eulegistic ternis ,<>fi the services he had to^he. State,' ]ttis high senle'of public duty, and his kindly and courteous disposition. „ Messrs T. Kelly, Mac Donald v ,Carncboss, FeWwick, Beehan, Holmes, LjMiisson, Reeves, and Thompson, also spoke in eulogy or th"c deceased. Minister. The metien wii^ciftTried, all the Councillors rising as $ was put. The Attorney-General moved a similar resolution fospedtirig the deaths of the Eons. W. M. Bolt and L. Walker, • oorf r the Council, and Messts Kirkbride and Eiffel Smith ef^thtt^her Souse, speakj^og of the publip services , of 'tlw^efeeeased-'-legißlatoTs. " Messrs T. Keflyj <3arncross, .jG&Uan, Loughnan, Paul, and FeJdwick also spoke to the motion, which was caih:i&L” i> <■ ThflLAlrlor^iey-General moved a.resolutidri ex]prjfeng the sense^if the'ebloay's iosa in the death ftf Sir John HaD; } and appreciation of Ihfe gifeat servifeea: he had. rendered to tfte" country. *^- ..^ C« Louis6Qn».Becqnd.e4, the motion. TheKons. W. C t Smith and G. j.vSnihh hansng alad /Bp«%enJ tfe^,«no.jJibnrwaa carried. J$ The Attorney-General moved,.,,, that Councilral as%|ki#g%aflj|jpjrrpa|itft aext at-2.!Jo^as a respect to the memory, ol latp CJpl. .^itt and Messrs Bolt and Walker, of "the Council, and Smith, atid I^irkbride, •■*($ the' House. r Thi| was' carried: >. / I An Imprest Supply Bill passed, all its rijstages and the Council rose at 4.40.