CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
THE NEW PRESIDENT. Mr. A. S. Burgess, of Wanganui, who waa, at the recent conference in Dunedin, elected president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand, was born in Wanganui in 1869, and educated in Wellington and Wanganui. He was employed with A. Hatrick and Co., Ltd., in Wanganui, until 1928, when he started in business on his own account, founding the firm of A. S. Burgess and Co., Ltd., shipping and insurance agents. Mr. Burgess has been president of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce for the last two years, and a member of the executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce since 1930.- He has served on the Wanganui City Council, and is a member of the Wanganui Harbour Board, besides being president of both the Westem Federated Aero Clubs and Wanganui k Aero Club. ■fiL
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1932, Page 4
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