OBITUARY.
MR W. J. PENN.
(Per Press Association). NEW PLYMOUTH, January' 12. The death of Mr Walter James Penn, aged 77, formerly editor of the “Taranaki Herald,” occurred on Saturday. During his 37 years’ occupancy of the editorial chair Mr Penn did much for the district. He came to New Zealand in 1881 and settled at Stratford, which was then in bush. His practical knowledge of conditions in Taranaki and of the needs of settlers made him an earnest and skilful advocate of their cause, and much of the progress of the province and the port of New Plymouth is due to him. He retired from the editorship in 1932.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 77, 13 January 1936, Page 4
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