He held many trade secretaryships including Wellington Employers' Association, ca 1921-1933; New Zealand Electrical Traders' Federation in 1938; Associated Booksellers of New Zealand, 1944. He came to New Zealand from Glasgow in 1912 and was the first director of the Boys' Institute in Tasman Street, Wellington. Article and photograph published in NZ Free Lance, 15 Feb 1933
Ross, Frank, active 1912-1944
Correspondence
Date: 1944
From: Wellington Cooperative Book Society Ltd: Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1122-07
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for description of contents of this folder.
Personalities - Men - Surnames, Ro - Ry
Date: 1927-1951
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-219
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. Names not entered in Name field include: Lord Rowallan (World Chief Scout) with scouts at jamboree held on Haulashore Island, Nelson Harbour, 1949; J Robertson, Labour candidate, Masterton, 1938; J A Roy, National candidate, Clutha, 1938; Brigadier C G Robins (Hononary Colonel of the York and Lancaster Regiment) with Lieut-Colonel R B Dawson (commander of Wellington Regiment), 1951; L G Robinson (racehorse owner), 1950. Also: Harold Russell (Legislative Council); J W Rodden (Manager, Dairy Control, London); Major G J Robertshawe, 1941; Mr Rose (appointed solicitor to Treasury), undated photograph; Brigadier General Ross, 1931; W H Russell (Hansard staff); Duke of Rutland, 1940s; Mickey Rooney (one-time mayor of Sydney's Boys' Town); Gwen Robyns (London representative of NZ Free Lance) with air hostess Judith Marchant, 1949 Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Photograph of the New Zealand Electrical Traders' Federation's annual conference
Date: 1938
From: S P Andrew & Sons :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Electrical Traders' Federation
Reference: PAColl-7935-1
Description: Group portrait of men who attended the New Zealand Electrical Traders' Federation's annual conference, held in Wellington on 31 August and 1 September 1938, taken by S P Andrew & Sons. All of the individuals are identified. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - The New Zealand Electrical Traders' Federation Annual Conference, Wellington - 31st August and 1st September, 1938 -; Mount recto - beneath image - S. P. Andrew & Sons. Willis Street, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.4 x 19.2 cm, on mount 25.4 x 30.4 cm