Dunedin First

NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 6

Dunedin First

IF you could titillate your imagination into playful mood for a moment and conjure up Dunedin to be New York and Alfred Henry Kimbell; a typical Yankee, your ears would be sure to pick up a contemporaneous fancy m the -strains of a song: "My heart's 'way down, down, down m ol' Dunedin." > , A blessing it is, though, that New Zealanders, as a nation, are not prone to defiling: their patriotism with trashy sentimentalities, our home ties being far too sacred and sincere a matter for profane publicity. Just "Born and educated m Dunedin, and proud of it," is the laconic manner m which A. H. Kimbell, Undersecretary of the Government Mining Department, touches upon a deep- : rooted love and pride of his home town. .■■■.. ..'., Kimbell's enthronement nine years apo to the head of State mining affairs followed twenty-four --years', service with the P.W.D. Side-lines to his office are chairman of the Fuel Advisory Council and a member of the Mineral Scientific Council. ■ V.; With the interests of the State; mines m one hand and the supervision of the whole industry m the other, Kimbell's job balances on decidedly .fine bearings. But he swings a wellmeasured pendulum of tact and fair judgment to the general benefit of all.