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The Waikato Hospital Board to day appointed Or. S'. A. (Ira ham, of To Kuiti, assistant surgical superintendent.. P.A. Mr. A. d. Campbell is in be elected president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists’ Onion at I lie annua! congress in. Canberra this mouth. ' l;Y>r the first time in the history of the union a woman— * .Mrs, Moiioriel', of Nelson, New Zealand —is to he nominated for the office of vice-president. .Miss Norma Wilson, tin* Poverty Hay lady sprint champion, is expected to arrive at Wellington to-morrow on her return from representing .New Zealand at ilie Olympic Games at Amsterdam. Miss Wilson will arrive in Gisborne next Thursday, .when a civic reception will he tendered to' her. Mr. Thomas Poole, who arrived at Auckland mi .Monday by flic Niagara, after a world tour, intends spending a fori night in New Zealand before proceeding to Australia. .Mr. Poole is one of ilii l most outstanding' figures in the confectionery industry in Australia. His rise to his present position reads!as a romance in the industrial world. Arriving in Australia from England in 1909, lie. started right at the bottom of the ladder, and by ability and determination reached the position lie now holds. The company hits opened a factory in Auckland, manufacturing for the New Zealand market, and employing New Zealand labor and material, only going abroad for those, necessities that cannot be obtained in New Zealand,,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 8
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235PERSONAL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16772, 11 October 1928, Page 8
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