A POPULAR C.T.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 669, 31 December 1902, Page 22

A POPULAR C.T.

I The following, from the Gisborne ■ “ Times ” will interest the many friends iof the gentleman referred to : —“ Mr Hugh | Wallace, the well-known representative of the Auckland firm of Messrs L. D. Nathan arid Co., arrived' in Gisborne yesterday, having ridden through from Tauranga via the Coastal townships. His many friends in this district will regret to hear that this is his last business trip to the East Coast, as he will in future travel in that part, of the province north of Auckland. I Mr Wallace is one of the oldest and most ■' popular travellers coming to Gisborne, and l for years past he has been accustomed to travel overland from I’aeroa and Tauranga 'to Gisborne. He has been visiting GisI borne and Coastal districts for close on twenty-one years, and has a-knowledge of the country that is possessed by very few persons living here. Mr Wallace can relate 'many exciting' instance oi the dangers at--1 tached to travelling from Opotiki to Gisborne by way of the Coast, and he has had many thrilling experiences since he first made this trip. His genial face will be much missed by all old residents on the Coast, and he has had many thrilling experiences since he first made this trip. His genial face will be much missed by all old residents on the Coast, and we are sure that they will all join with us in wishing him every prosperity. His place is to be filled by Mr Murray, late of Robjohns and Company, Napier. As mentioned in our > issue of last Thursday, Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co. are extending their operations on the East Coast, and Mr Murray has been permanently appointed to Gisborne, from which place he will work all country districts. The firm’s many clients will thus be much better catered for, and we are sure that Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co. will add to the already large and extensive business that Mr Wallace has built up for them We wish the firm every success.”