Canny MacGregor

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 6

Canny MacGregor

WHEN it comes to a good investment, there is nothing like broad . acres, according, to James MacGregor, whose business has. to do solely with lumps ,of Mother Earth m and around Auckland city. , . "Jimmy McG." does not believe m allowing the. grass to grow under his feet "when it pomes.' 'to business. He represents the jnterests of a, big city, firm and. krio^vs the y?ilue of pep and hustle,.' .'"')" '■'''.■ .." '„.;' '■ .... /. "■ As his name would suggest, Mac. is a Scot who hails from Edinburgh, and it is six years since he first set foot m, New -Zealand.. _'..' His arrival m the Dominion was, m its' way, a tribute to. the. advertising powers of the New Zealand "diggers" m France. Mac. was -with the -imperial Artillery, and ,came. y in contact With all the ■•colonial 'forces. J He- liked the Enzedders best of ! all, arid, when ' the smoke of war had cleared . 'away, he thought the Old Country had ceased -to ..be an oyster for him, so he packed his grips and--: well.her^ he is. . He thinks Auckland is the city of the world— at least, he gives- that irri■pression; , as : for the Dominion as-'a Whole, Mac. will tell you that he has : no desire to leave it for pastures riewi. \. ■ ' ' '". '■■' ■•■•/ ■ • ■••." ' ■ ■. •■•! ■. •"'