Set Among Gems

NZ Truth, Issue 1029, 15 August 1925, Page 6

Set Among Gems

If ever you chance to peep behind the massive cases of dazzling gems m Stewart Dawson's (N.Z.), Ltd., Wellington, and see the tall, well-groomed, white-haired figure depicted here, you will know that it is .'Mr. Harold Stovens 1 Hislop, the; director of the concern m New Zealand. If your approach him about jewellery, banking or any subject dear to , his heart, he might give you an exceedingly friendly smile, because H.S.H. can smile;; Born m the Scotch city, Dunedin, and -educated at the Boys'- High School, Mr. Hislop served his apprenticeship as watchmaker and jeweller with his father, the late John Harold Hislop of Dunedin. Fully fledged, the subject of this inset went to Melbourne arid joined the Union Bank of Australia and altogether served 14 years at^ the business of £ s. d. Anyway he left banking and joined up wi t h Stewart Dawon's at

Sydney and some

time later hit out for, God's Own and opened up the firm's business here, working it up to' its present flourishing state. Between times H.S.H. learned how to use a tennis racquet and snapped up, the championship on more than one occasion while the member of many wellknown clubs. He*. also .made quite .-a. name for himself at row ing and still manifests a keen interest m all clean sport. Member of the Miramar Golf Club, apostte of the Rotary ordei% an enthusiastic lover of. flower's and gardens and with strong leanings towards amateur photography, Mr. Hislop gets the most out of life. fie is nevertheless, set among genis.