POPULAR SECRETARY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 12, 5 April 1927, Page 7

POPULAR SECRETARY

SPORTSMEN'S APPRECIATION S A DOUBLE presentation ■/from ® ur ° wn Correspondent.) WHAXGARBI. To-day. . .. years ago Mr. L. G. Hill came ’ whangarei as secretary to the i "JR-ei Racing Club, replacing Mr. He has had no cause to P taking that step, but there are v lamenting the fact that in purft*~L c f his upward climb, he has acthe position of secretary to the pdin Jockey Club, which appointhe secured from over 100 other 'vffflhers and officials of the Whani. Racing Club took the oppor’’lity of his last meeting on Saturday ””mng 04 presenting Mr. Hill with a \stantial cheque. In handing him ’ rift. Mr. R. G. Hosking, president thr club, said they were proud of as he had learned practically all knew of the racing game during his Jj—m With them. He had proved an pupil, however, and Whangarei's L was Dunedin’s gain. Mr. Hill’s 'peas and social qualities had won , a wide circle of friends whose easure at his promoUon was tem',ed with regret that he was going m their midst. He had made the , me of the Whangarei Club known over the Dominion and the wide rronage bestowed on it was greatly M to his efTorts. Mr J. Williamson, on behalf of the „, er s and trainers, also presented f. Hill with a cheque, accompanied I( jj a warm appreciation of the suiner in which he had attended to ,eir needs. Mr. Hosking remarked that such a p was indeed a proud testimonial. Mr. Hill was born and received his ,rly education in New Plymouth and „ prominent in sport as a represenltlve Rugby and cricket player. He „nt several years in the Land and teds office there before joining the ain body of the N.Z.E.F. and saw tveral years’ service, receiving the Ing’s Commission on the field in |U. On return from the war he took p the threads of civil life in Aucknd, where he married, and after two B rs’ study, secured his A.P.A.N.Z. , addition to winning representative onours on the cricket and football slds, Mr. Hill for several years suessfuliy handled a referee’s whistle, jd is a keen bowler, golfer and blinds player.