After Mrs. Knox Gilmer, president of tlio Wellington Horticultural Society, had welcomed His Excellency the Governor-( ienoral, Lord Bledisloe, at the opening of the recent show. His Excellency remarked that whenever lie sat under Mrs. Knox Gilmer as chairman he very much wondered why New Zealand had only just achieved the distinction of electing a lady to Parliament. It seemed extraordinary to him that the Legislature was not largely composed of the fair sex. Mrs. Knox Gilmer, he thought, must have inherited her inspiring eloquence from her father (Mr. Seddon). Visitors to Napier.—Please remember the “Trocodero” is in its new quarters—Hastings Street. Open daily between 7 a.ra, and 7 p.ra, (including Sundays).*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 2 October 1933, Page 4
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