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Mr Alec Wilson (centre right), being congratulated on his retirement as chief electrician to the Cook Hospital Board after 28 years' service by Mr J. B. Williams, the chairman of the board. Looking on, from left, are: Mr R. B. Pinel, chief engineer, Miss R. D. Bunt, matron, Mr P. Sharp, assistant secretary, and Mr T. Lawrie, medical superintendent.

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Mr John Graham, son of Mr and Mrs A. K. Graham, corner of James and Winter Street, who has returned to Gisborne after hitch-hiking around the world. John left in 1960 to attend a Y.M.C.A. conference in Holland. He is pictured with his pack on which are marked the many different countries he has visited.

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Mrs Mabel Page, of Dunblane Home, pictured on the occasion of her 95th birthday. With her is Mr Percy Bushnell, president of the Gisborne Presbyterian Social Service Association, which runs Dunblane.

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Baby Goldsmith, the winning entry in the Tawhiti Maori Women's Welfare League baby contest, which raised £1500 for a hospital cottage at Te Puia Springs, with Miss Kura Beale, patroness of the league, who crowned the winner.