Noted herbalist dead
A well-known Christchurch i herbalist, and the originator ■ of many herbal remedies. Mr Poley Hall, has died aged , 76. i In 1930. Mr Hall took | over the herbal shop in Ar- | magh Street founded by his , father, Mr G. F. Hail, in ; 1886. A talented administrator. ; Mr Hall built up one of New ' Zealand's biggest mail order < herbal-remedv supply busi- I
nesses, making up all of the ; remedies in the Armagh! Street shop. Mr Hall was a prominent; member of a number of’ Christchurch sporting bodies. He was at one time ’ president and was later j made an honorary life member of the Trotting Owners’ and Breeders’ Association, j president of the Amateur Wrestling Association of Canterbury, president of the Lower Selwvn Huts Fish-
■ i ermen’s Association, and an | i’active member of the Forestj and Bird Protection Associ-j ation. Mr Hall was the only . member of a large, ■’staunchly Methodist family,; ■jto take an interest in the) ’herbal business. In the early 1920 s he began work with al ■ 'Sydenham chemist before! taking a correspondence j , course and taking over the ’ Armagh Street shop.
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