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In succession to the late Dr. M. M. Hocken, Dr. H. L. Gould, Huntly, has been appointed medical superintendent of the Waikato Hospital. Mr. Guy Macallan has been appointed Crown solicitor at New Plymouth for the period of absence on military service of Mr. R. H. Quilliam.
Captain W. E. Parry, commander of H.M.S. Achilles, served during the Great War as torpedo officer of the light cruiser Birmingham in the Grand Fleet. He was promoted captain on December 31, 1934. In 1936-37 he was in command of the Anti-Sub-marine Establishment at Portland, and in 1938 he served at the Imperial Defence College. Captain Parry was appointed to H.M.S. his first 27 of this year, succeeding Captain I. sea command in that rank, on January G. Glennie, who now commands H. Hood.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20123, 18 December 1939, Page 7
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