Who's Whoand Why

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 6

Who's Who—and Why

Harold few OLSOX One of the elerer. ?- r ihe Voting English dipl omat “ He has been in the service many year, and is now sta ttoned in Persia, i brilliant writer, hr recently publisher Some People." „

semi-biographical set of portraits people he had met during his colotr fill career. His uife is F. Sachs n,' 'West, the poet.

| SIR WILFRED GRESFELL Beginning hi, career as a r*r geon he later decided to devote his life to the establishment of hospitals in remote places He fitted out the first hospital ship for the Eorth fisheries. He later built share home for fishermen. He built also, tcith money of his oicn collecting, foir hospitals in Labrador.

HR. J. CTLFORD BELL As announcer at ITA, his voice is icell known to all radio enthusiasts in Auckland. An accomplished elocutionist, he is known as teacher and performer. So high!;

ore his talent-: thought of, he ha: been constantly in demand as a judm at the major competition festivals o the Dominion.

POPE PIUS XI. The present Pope had a distinguished career of scholar ship before his election to the Papal chair. For many years he was in charge of the Vatican library, but after the war. hr teas sent to Poland

as Papal emissary to assist in the reorganisation of that country. He is an enthusiastic alpinist, and has written accounts of his greatest climbs.