Whither Away?

NZ Truth, Issue 1203, 20 December 1928, Page 6

Whither Away?

FIRST impressions 'always count, and the friendships of the world are often based on them. Should you have happened to be a guest of the Midland Hotel, Wellington, and met the house manager there, the first impression you would carry away would be a pleasing one. The instinctive and courteous welcome extended to you by A. .Herbert Wagstaffe would leave behind the knowledge that here at least your every want would be considered. The neatly-groomed and typically English , figure of A.H.W. m 'suit would carry you back to the old world business, man, but m making his acquaintance you would do so without striking that brusqueness of address one associates with commercial houses. It is to be regretted, however, that genial Wagstaffe has gone from our midst. He has packed his grip and returned to England. ' - Wagstaffe made a host of friends during his stay m New Zealand, and, m departing, his only regret was that he could not individually bid adieu to them. His two years m this advanced spot of the Empire gave him a wider and broader outlook on life and incidentally considerably enhanced his store of knowledge. • • The main .impression, though, which he carried back with ' him ' was that New Zealand as a country has great potentialities. ',