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Off to Aussie on behalf of Wool-worths are Bob and Shirley Ritchie. Bob has been manager of the Nelson store for the last 2½ years. And welcome to new manager, Ian Hunt and his wife, Margaret, formerly of Wellington.

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And cheers to you, too, Bunny Evans, who recently relinquished the position of mine host at the Wakatu, and Ron Halkett, of Timaru, who has taken over the licence.

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Coming into the Hotel Metropolitan is well-known Nelsonian, Ces Fox (right), as owner and licensee of the hotel, and going is popular "Tiny" Drummond, Tiny's off back to the crayfishing industry with headquarters at Westport.

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New arrivals in Nelson are the family of John and Deborah Ellis - Jerome, Julius, Jon and Jason. This family has seen quite a lot of the world for Mr Ellis has been connected with the British colonial administration for many years. Their last stop was Tanganyika - and they love Nelson.