Bevieic of Reviews, l/XO/OS. 



The N.S.W. Gountry Press. 



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Mr Thomas Temperley 



Second Preaident of the N.S.W. Country Press Association, 

 and first chairman of the N.S.W. Country Press Co- 

 operntive Co., Ltd. 



take a hand. The other day, three generations of 

 the Gales — father, son, and grandson — were 

 simultaneously at the cases in the same Age office, 

 but the amateur photographer who attempted to 

 take an intensely interesting group, of historic value, 

 unfortunately failed to get the required focus. This 

 is an important responsibility for an expert. Mr, 

 John Gale's connection with the Association cannot 

 be adequately • set forth in detail. Notwith- 

 standing his length of years, Mr, Gale pre- 

 serves that cheery disposition, keen interest, and 

 mental and physical activity which made him the 

 boon companion of the city and Southern N,S,W, 

 As member for Murrumbidgee in many Parliaments, 

 he was widely known in political circles, and regard- 

 ed the brightest raconteur among a galaxy of good 

 storytellers, which included Sir Henry Parkes, Sir 

 James Martin, VV. B, Dalley, Sir John Robertson, 

 G. R, Dibbs, Harry Levien, Harold Stephen, and 

 many other shining lights of the Ministerial and Op- 

 position rooms. This may be said of him : He 

 never did a mean action and never said a mean 

 thing. He would spare neither time nor expense 

 to come to the assistance of a friend, as the writer 

 gratefully remembers. One of Mr, Gale's best fire- 

 side stories concerns a snow-clad mountain inquest 

 he once held, as coroner, under remarkably unique 

 circumstances. That story has never been, but must 

 be, written, Mr, Gale is the doyen of the coun- 



Mr. George Wride, 

 Sydney Representative of " The Review of Reviews," 



and formerly associated w-itli the As.sociation. 



try press. He is the grand old man of the Associa- 

 tion, 



MR. THOMAS TEMPERLEY. 



It has fallen to the lot of few pressmen in Aus- 

 tralia to pass through as many experiences, and to 

 engage in as many ventures, as fate provided for 

 Mr, Thomas Temperley, The present President of 

 the Country Press Association was not always a 

 journalist, but he has driven a versatile pen for up- 

 wards of 20 years. A native of Sydney, he was 

 early set to engineering, and his youthful years were 

 occupied in this business. In a while, however, he 

 took to teaching, and secured the State's second- 

 class certificate. For a score of years he taught the 

 young colonial idea how to shoot, and it speaks 

 much for his solid mentality and imperturbable per- 

 sonality that the ordeal did not damage his sense 

 of humour, or destroy his originality and resource. 

 It did not hold him in a groove. Retiring from 

 scholastic pursuits, he took over a sawmill, and en- 

 gaged in farming. He was one of the originators of 

 the Byron Bay butter factory ; in fact, he was one 

 of the fathers of the co-operative farming and dairy- 

 ing enterprises which have since spread blessings 

 and prosperity throughout the land. His original 

 holding on the North Coast, purchased at ^i per 

 acre, is now valued at £^o an acre — an increment 

 due largely to the conveniences and profits of co- 

 operation. Journalism attracted his attention, and 



