WAR CORRESPONDENT WITH FORCES

Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 6

WAR CORRESPONDENT WITH FORCES

MR HALL CONGRATULATED BY JOURNALISTS

(United Press Association)

WELLINGTON, April 30.

Practically the whole of the literary staffs of the Wellington daily newspapers attended a gathering held this evening to offer congratulations on behalf of the journalists of New Zealand to Mr J. H. Hall, until recently Deputy Censor, on his appointment as war correspondent to go abroad with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Those present included the Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. D. G. Sullivan), the Chief Censor, Mr J. T. Paul, the manager, Mr T. M. Hinkley, and the head office staff of the United Press -Association, the secretary of the New Zealand Journalists’ Association, Mr W. N. Pharazyn, the Publicity Manager of the Railways Department, Mr G. G. Stewart, representatives of periodicals and journalists from as far afield as Wanganui and Palmerston North. On behalf of the profession, the president of the New Zealand Journalists’ Association, Mr A. Hardcastle, presented Mr Hall with an engraved wrislet watch.