“A GREAT MAN”
DEATH OF MR WALTER HILL [Pee United Peess Association.] NAPIER, November 19. Prior to the commencement of the season’s first wool sale this morning the subdued benches and brokers rose to pass a vote of condolence with the widow and family of the late Mr Walter Hill. In moving the vote, Mr N. Kettle, on behalf of the Hawke’s Bay Woolbrokers’ Association, stated that brokers and buyers alike had lost a great man, and one who understood the trade from A to Z. Deceased had been associated with the trade for years, and was mainly responsible for the dominion’s enormous wool industry as it stood to-day. Mr Kettle referred to the greht services to the Government the late Mr Hill had performed during the commandeer period. “The British Government itself owes a debt of gratitude to Mr Hill,” he concluded. The vote was passed with the benches, brokers, and spectators standing. At 10 a.m. operations ceased for a few minutes to coincide with the time of the funeral of Mr Hill.
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Evening Star, Issue 19410, 19 November 1926, Page 5
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