WELLINGTON R.S.A.

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 39, 18 March 1942, Page 5

WELLINGTON R.S.A.

MOW SECRETARY t . MR. L. W. WOOLLLY j The executive committee of the . Wellington Returned Services' As- . social ion, at a meeting last week, ( appointed Mr. Leslie William W'ool- _ ley, ol" Lower Hutt, secretary of the ;• association to fili the vacancy oaus- -. Ed by the death oi' Mr. John Spence. Mr. WooiJey is a native' of Queen:-; 1 land, who came to New Zealand in , 1 !<O7. He served with the ZealanI dia Rifles before the last war and s later served for two years in France with the 4th and 2nd Field Ambu- _> lances successively. He was retumi ed to New Zealand as unlit: for ser- , vice shortly after the Armistice. Mr. Woolloy lias always taken a - keen interest in local social activi- . ties, and during the depression ■ years was honorary secretary of : the Lower Hutt branch of Smith i Family Joyspreaders. At the last municipal elections he was asked to • stand for the I-lutt City Council, Hut was unable to do so because of a temporary indisposition. He has . beer, an active member of the National Military Reserve since June, 1 n:)9. and was company quartermaster sergeant for C Company which was distributed among the other companies on mobilisation. At thai time Mr Woolloy was granted temporary exemption from military duty to enable him to carry on with the work he was doing for the R.K.A. In the course of his business activities during the between-war years, Mr Woqllev introduced taximeters to New* Zealand and commercialised dictaphones. He was responsible for installing the recording device used in the Supreme Court for an important accident claim about three years ago, and also installed the loud-speaker device for the benefit of the jury. During the last live months he has been secretary of the. Wellington U.S.A. Premises Appeal Committee.