People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 30 June 1910, Page 1028

People We Hear About

as mrt W^^^^t?^ 6 have been selected -on Mtftota -company CaPtain SCOtt +T, Q T& mtlon f f bisservices to the cause of education, for ?£ t?£rT &t T> /owbich he has contributed £15,000 5rL i establishment of-.-libraries, proposes to confer the freedom of the city on Mr. Andrew Carnegie. - ™ rit iff ft— r o . Lou sbhn, South Australia, takes the defeat of KTS m S lch he held the office'of Commissioner Crown Lands philosophically. After being in office for fifteen years, he, in W« wa y for tis successor, said: lhat he was not to £ whine about going out. He tl tt n^ n '- a i ß the > c % ? f the B ame > a *S would like to : K.*]£ G f 81 * e get % f , a . ir s . hovv - The wheel of fortune was always turning and his time might come again.' ■. Iho Hon. L. O Loughlin, who retired from the post of Commissioner of Public Works with the Peake Ministry, has a remarkable erd 0 in the way of holding Ministerial office (says the Adelaide Southern Gross). Out of his twenty years in Parliament he has been eleven years a Minister and four years Whip. o Sir lenkinI enkin Coles, who has been reelected Speaker of the South Australian House of Representatives, will attain his majority in that office next year, having held the office since. 1890. This, it is believed, wil be a world s record. - - ' '■ . . Lord Chief Baron Palles, on whom Cambridge University bas expressed its desire to confer the honorary degree or LL.D., is a distinguished jurist. After passing through -Uongowes, he won a gold medal in Trinity College, Dublin, although debarred from the scholarships and Fellowships of that institution, because in his time Catholics were held ineligible for these honors. The University of Cambridge has also given its tribute of respect not only to one of the most eminent jurists of his generation, but to a devoted worker in the cause of education in Ireland, to which he has zealously devoted whatever time he has. been enabled to spare from his judicial duties. For more than 30 years asSenator of the Royal University, Chairman of the Board of intermediate Education, Commissioner of National Education, and Chairman of the Dublin Statutory Commission, whose labors have been crowned with success in launching the Nationa University of Ireland, the Lord Chief Baron lias proved his intense devotion to the cause of which he' now rejoices to see the achievement, of placing within the reach of Irishmen and Irishwomen a mental equipment which' they can accept without any violation of conscience or any danger to their religious belief. The honorary degree of a great English University has been rarely conferred on'an Irish Judge. ■- ■;-^-'■ -..-;--.-. .-. '. : '; u^ Hon. W. J. Denny the new Attorney-General of South Australia, is a talented Irish-Australian, who owes his progress entirely to his own abilities and energy. Born in West Adelaide he was educated at the Christian Brothers' College, and his first employment was as a clerk in the Meteorological Department of the G.P.O. He joined a debating society, and became a powerful debater. He always had a taste for public life, and in December of 1898, at the age of 25, he was elected unopposed to the Adelaide City Council. He was a member of the Council for two years. When Mr. Denny first aspired to a seat in Parliament he contested the West Adelaide constituency, then held by the late C. G. Kingston, leader of the Government,' and Mr. Batchelor, leader of the Labor Party. He was unsuccessful, but Kingston recognised his talent, and within 18 months, when he resigned and went to London as one of the delegates in charge of the Commonwealth Bill, he suggested Mr. penny as his successor for West Adelaide. 1 hough the Labor Party, ran a candidate, he secured the seat by an overwhelming majority. On the advice of Sir John Gordon, then Attorney-General, and now a judge ,of the Supreme Court, the young member studied law,' entering Sir John's office as an articled clerk. Mr. Denny was • at that time editor of the Southern Gross, a position from which he retired that he might apply himself to his studies. l In a little over three years he passed all the required examinations, but as his articles -were for five years he had to complete these before being ; called ; to : the Bar; he was. admitted to practise as a barrister two years ago. "He was out of Parliament for a while, having; failed, owing to a, division of parties, to secure his election for the newlyconstituted Adelaide electorate in 1905. Next year, however, the constituency elected him, placing him at the head of the four successful candidates who were elected on that occasion—a feat which was repeated at the recent general election, when he polled the record for the chief metropolitan district, with 10,325 votes. Mr. Denny is an athlete," of note, and has been identified with Irish . and Catholic movements for many years. He has been a member, of the Hibernian Society for over 20 years. v : :.,-