GUIDING GENIUS

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20513, 1 June 1938, Page 7

GUIDING GENIUS

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SECRETARY AIR W. 11. PAUL'S SERVICES To have been mainly responsible for the development of the Winter Show during the past 25 years is the record of the secretary. Air W. 11. Paul. Possessing outstanding ability for organisation, Mr Paul, assisted by u hard-working committee, lias devoted much of his time to the exhibition, which to-day takes its place as the greatest dairy show in the world, lie is a familiar figure in the public life •>f Hamilton and through his efforts the town lias been raised to one of Hie most picturesque in Hie DominionIt is the Winter Show, however, hat must stand ns a monument to Mr Paul’s organisation. ' nice littie more Mian a provincial fixture, the exhibition is now of national importance, an l certainly the greatest of its kind in the Dominion. In the space of a quarter of a century Air Paul lias seen this Heady transformation, with the knowledge' that, his work has borne fruit. Besides being the guiding genius of

the Winter Show. Air Paul has achieved distinction in oilier spheres. During his term as president of the Hamilton Beautifying Society he lias taken a loading paid in the beautifying of the town, and as chairman of the Domain Board has assisted in the provision of facilities for sporting bodies. The Waikaio Children’s Camp League is an institution of which the town might well be proud, and for the foundation of this Air Paul was responsible. To other community services Air Paul has given a helping hand, and in liis efforts for their suecessful functioning lie has not spared himself.