OUR NEW MEMBER.
MIL A. M. SAMUEL. BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS CAREER. Mr A. M. Samuel, wlio has, as. the Government candidate, defeated the veteran member for lOhinemuri, Mr Hugh Poland, has been a farmer in the Waikato district ever since he returned from the Great War, in which he commanded the 6th New Zealand Regiment. Prior to that he had been in business in Wellington for many years. Mr Samuel is a native of the. capital city, and was educated at the Thermion school. He served with the New Zealand forces in the Boer War. Athletics, particularly swimming and footballs have been among his hobbies. He has raced several horses, and a.t times ridden liis. own animals in the show ring, •'or some years he was president of the Wellington Trotting Club. In 1914 Mr Samuel contqs’ted the Hutt seat against Mr T. M. Wilford and was beaten by a majority of 941.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4900, 6 November 1925, Page 2
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154OUR NEW MEMBER. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4900, 6 November 1925, Page 2
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