Dairy man new wool director
PA Wellington The general manager of the Dairy Board, Mr Bernie Knowles, has been appointed managing director of the Wool Board. Announcing the appointment yesterday, the Wood Board’s chairman, Mr Doug-’ las McHraith, said Mr Knowles’s four-year term with the board was the culmination of a long and successful history serving New Zealand’s pastoral export industry. Mr Knowles joined the Dairy Board in 1968 when appointed legal and financial adviser. Previously he had been assistant secretary of the Kaitaia Co-operative Dairy Company, business manager - for the Roxburgh hydro-electric project contractors, secretary of the Meat Export Development Company of New Zealand, Ltd (Devco), and he was also in a Wellington legal practice.
He succeeds Mr Hugh Peirse, who will retire from the Wool Board in September after 26 years in the wool industry. Mr Knowles is chairman of Cory-Wright and Salmon, Ltd, and was appointed recently to the new Market Development Board.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19850803.2.33
Bibliographic details
Press, 3 August 1985, Page 3
Word Count
156Dairy man new wool director Press, 3 August 1985, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in