PERSONALITIES
Mr E. G. Spraggon, of Palmerston North, has returned from a trip to Sydney. The death of Mr Walter Jamc3 Penn, aged 77, formerly editor of the Taranaki Herold, occurred ou Saturday. During his 37 years’ occupancy of the editorial chair, Mr Penn did much for the district. He came to New Zealand in 1881 and settled at Stratford, which was then in bush. His practical knowledge of conditions in Taranaki and of the needs of the settlers made him an earnest and skilful advocate of their cause, and much of the progress of the province and the port of New Plymouth is due to him. He retired from the editorship in 1932.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 10, 13 January 1936, Page 6
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