BIG HEARTED BENNETT
WHEN Henry Dargayille Bennett "lost his seat on the Wellington City Council at the last Municipal Elections his friends and , supporters wondered what the world vwas coming to. ■' • ' ' ' " '■■:. :■ •■■:•'. •'■■'■•,. ■. No councillor worked' harder 'for: the interests of the city than
H. D. Bennett. •Moreover, any movement m the name of charity always had his wholehearted and generous sup-' port. '•■' "•' ■ . ■ . ■' . '' Bennett's early business venture w.as -.a.' general store m Taihape,. where he - worked up a very extensive a,n d substantial business. SOme:years ago he came 'to make his . permanent home . m Wellington, : and at ohfie ; took' an ' interest m muni-' ; cipal. affairs. ; ' - : ' ' He . also entered the
political ' arena, and contested ■ the . Hutt seat' m the i Interests of the ' Reform, party,; opposing the present .'. Minister of Justice. .■•..■;■. ;...-., Fathering all forms v of -outdoor- sport is his recreation. ' ; • ' .'■■ ■ -
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NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 6
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138BIG HEARTED BENNETT NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 6
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