Friend Bob

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

Friend Bob

MEET' Bob Hicks, o£ Stewart Island. Though long: identified with the island, Robert cannot claim to be an islander born. The Longwood, m Southland, is his birthplace. He has followed a variety of occupations m his time, and has stood his trick at the tiller aboard many an island craft. But now Bob goes down to the sea no more. Instead, he earns bread, butter and income-tax by running the largest and most popular . boarding-house m Stewart Island." . : What time he can spare from this engrossing occupation, Bob willingly .•rives to the Island County Council, of "which body he is chairman. During the now far-off war days, our friend acted as Y.M. man among the troops up north, and there, as everywhere, speedily became liked by all for his cheerful, genial manner. A good man for the island and a good man anywhere.