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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 84, 3 January 1930, Page 12

An Auckland returned soldier fi? s drawn attention to the recent deal®. 111 England of a man to whom many soldiers in the Great War owe their lives (says the “Star”). This was Mr. Alfred Bates, who designed the headgear first issued to the troops in France in 19H> and later -worn by the entire army A member of the firm of Willis and Bates, watch stampers, of Halifax, and a director of many companies, Mr. Bates was found drowned near the pier at Bournemouth —a tragic fate for a man whose name will go down in history as a valued contributor to the Empire in time of stress. He was 52 years of age and is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

New Zealand is becoming increasingly popular with Australian tourists and the Government Tourist Department ls ing much good work in arousing their interest in the Dominion, according to Mr. W P. Barnett, overseas representative of the'Department in Sydney, who arrived at Auckland by the Ulimaroa (state® the Auckland “Herald ). Mr. ® a . rue££a trin was largely experimental, as it made with the object of seeing b ®ther an officer of the Department could_be of assistance to tourists during the to New Zealand. “I think the idea is likely to prove popular. Mr. saidJ “On this trip I was able to do a lot of useful work.”