CHAMBERLAIN’S BIRTHDAY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2549, 9 July 1909, Page 5

CHAMBERLAIN’S BIRTHDAY.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM NEW ZlilA-Li... »JJ. Yesterday was the seventy-third birthday of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, tlie great Colonial Secretary, and New Zealand, with other' parts of the Emoi.ro, sent congratulations to the veteran statesman. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 8. Mr. G. W. Russell, M.P., chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors, forwarded the following cable to Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain on Wednesday: “Canterbury University College congratulates you upon successful Imperial services of your husband. —Russell.” The Canterbury branch of tho Navy League sent the following cable: “Canterbury branch New Zealand Navy League congratulations to great Em-pire-builder.” . The Christchurch Cit- Council has forwarded the following cable message to Mrs. Chamberlain, on the occasion of the meeting in the Royal Albert Hall, London, in honour of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain’s seventy-third birthday: “Christchurch, New Zealand, wishes many happy returns of tho day to Britain’s great colonial statesman.” At yesterday’s meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board, it was resolved to send .a cablegram to Mrs. Chamberlain, congratulating her upon tho attainment to-day by her husband of his seventy-third birthday. JOURNALISTS’ CON GRATULATIONS. Tlie following cable message, signed by the editors of 47 newspapers, was sent to Mrs. Chamberlain: “We felicitate tlie distinguished statesman whose consecration to tlie Empire has been an inspiration to all, and offer our homage to his devoted wife.” Signed by the following editors: Auckland “Star, “New Zealand Herald,” “Weekly News.” “New Zealand Graphic,” Wellington “Evening Post,” “New Zealand Times,” “Triad,” “New Zealand Farmers’ Advocate,” ' ;>enr Zealand Trade Review,” “Free Lance,” Christchurch “Press,” “Lyttelton Times," “Evening Star,” “Canterbury Times," “Evening News,” “Weekly Press," Dunedin“ Evening Star," “Otago Daily Times,” “Otago Witness,” “Ashburton Guardian,” Ashburton “Mail,” Hawera “Star,” Hastings “Standard,” Hokitika “Guardian,” ‘ u r.yke’s Bay Herald,” “Manawatu Evening Standard “Marlborough Press,” “Marlborough “Express,” “Nelson Colonist,” ‘‘Nelson Evening Mail,”- “North Otago Times,” “Oamaru Mail,” “Opotm Guardian,” “Otautau Standard,” Rotorua “Times,” Stratford “Evening Post,” “Southland News,” “Southland Times,” “Taranaki Herald,” Thames “Star,” Tinraru “Post,” “Waikato Times/’ Waihi “Daily Telegraph. “Wairarapa Daily News,” “Wairarapa Age,” Wanganui “Herald,” Wanganui “Chronicle.” DUNEDIN, July 8. As the result of sixpenny subscription, a susrge-tion by tlie “Dunedin Star,’’ the following cable, signed bv the Mayor and president of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, has been sent to the chairman cf the Chamberlain meeting, Albert Hall, London: “Citizens of Dunedin congratulate Mr. Chamberlain on his achievements in the interests of the Empire, and extend good wishes and highest appreciation of the services of himself and his devoted wife that have signally and conspicuously bettered life conditions.” _ The chairman of the Dunedin Stock Exchange forwarded greetings on behalf of the Exchanges of the Dominion.