Show Secretaries.

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 6 November 1939, Page 4 (Supplement)

Show Secretaries.

Four in Past 3G Years

THE Gisborne Show secretaries i number 13, and while fairly fre-! quent changes were made in the early | days, there have been only four! during the past 36 years. Mr. Fred. Dufaur, a popular figure j in Gisborne at the time, was elected j the first secretary of the society, lie j

was the first publisher and editor of the Poverty Bay Herald, a position which he field for three years, his

connection with the paper being i severed at about the same time as hej resigned from the position of secretary j of the society. Flc met an untimely \ death in the Waitemata Harbour many j years later, being drowned while try- j ing to recover a yacht that had broken ; from its moorings. • j ' Musically inclined and with a pleasant manner, Mr. Dufaur was I among the most popular men in the j town. He entered enthusiastically into i the Show movement, and during the! three years in office his sound business knowledge was a great asset to the 1 society.

The complete list is given below:— Mr. F. Dufaur .. 1875-78 Mr. P. H. Bourke .. 1873-80 Mr G. Malthewson. . 1880-82 Mr. M. Hall .. .. 1882-82 Mr. C. W. Ferris . . 1883-8 G Mr. H. C. Boykin . . 1890-95 Mr. M. Slopford . . 1895-98 Mr. 11. Lowry .. 1898-00 Mr. G. R. Wyllie .. 1900-03 Mr. H. iVI. Porter .. 1903-12 Mr. 11. E. Dodd .. 1912-22 Mr. W. M. Bayly .. 1922-31 Mr. W. Chamberlain 1931-