Drugs and Politics

NZ Truth, Issue 1188, 6 September 1928, Page 6

Drugs and Politics

AUCKLAND knows Harold Schmidt well/;' almost as well as he knows

Auckland; He is a big man — big. m stature and big m ideas for the welfare of the town m which he was born.

He set up business as a chemist m the Queen City twenty years ago and for /the past eighteen years has occupied his present shop m Queen Street. -

He takes, a keen interest m Auckland affairs and is ' by no riieans unknown as a candidate for the mayoralty. It is whispered that H.S. may yet stand for the Roskill seat at 'the coming elections, but he will represent no party. : With his Queen Street business and two farms to look after, he is a busy man, but as often .. as possible . he manages to devote spriae of his time to his hobbies."

He has- two — yachting and treegrafting — into which he enters wholeheartedly whenever opportunity offers. >He speaks well of Auckland's harbor, for it provides the sport of which he is particularly fond. With sails flapping m a steady breeze, H.S. may be seen, when business worries are over, .flying away, either winter or. summer, leaving the cares of the town for the quietude of his place down the harbor.