Who's Who and Why
PROFFssnR i P- W. THOMAS For over JO ycart Tie teas Professor of Biology „t Auckland Universitg College, and is now professor emeritus. He las taken an active part in Few Zealand University life, being a member of the Senate. He is now chairman of the Grammar Schools Board.
Mll. HEXRr IVILLIAMSOX .1 young English writer, who after years of strug. gling. has had hit labour crotened by the Hautharden Prize, awarded for the best work ta imaginative literat arc published
each year. His prize-icinning bonk icas “Tarka the Otter."
MR. Jpax ROWE One of the best! known, sportsmen in the Dominion, and this pear celebrates the silver jubilee of his presi deney of the .4 nekland Trotting Club. It is through his efforts that the sport in Auckland note flourishes.
MR. K. PHILUPftTURXER X e w Zealand forestry work id ■under his control. A man of deep interest in forestry, and a practical knowledge of its problems, his appointment a s director has been popularly acclaimed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 8
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171Who's Who — and Why Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 8
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