METEORIC CAREER
PEDLAR TO LORD MAYOR. LONDON, January 20. 01 all the towns in the North of England few have been happier in their leading citizens than Sheffield. Crowned by the new town had,, it is a city of which every Yorksliireman may fee! proud. One of its benefactors,. Alderman John George Graves, has recently formed a great charitable trust to which he has contributed £(100,000. Already lie bad trive.n to Sheffield several playgrounds, two large parks, and £30,000 toward a central library and an art gallery. The story of Air Graves is a romance in itself. He started life as a humble pedhtir, hawking goods -, irom doer to door. 13y untiring industry he rose to be head of a great merchant firm and became Lord Mayor of his city.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1933, Page 7
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130METEORIC CAREER Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1933, Page 7
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