Public Service
Neale assisted on a number of organisations: Nelson Provincial Chamber of Commerce Secretary (1920–1955), Nelson Automobile Association (Secretary 1923–?), Nelson Progress League (1923–?), Municipal Association of New Zealand (President 1947–1948), Cawthorn Institute (Board member representing the Nelson City Council 1943–?, Secretary 1946), National Patriotic Fund (1941–?), the New Zealand Road Safety Council (1947–?), and the Nelson Fire Board (13 years).
In 1930 Neale was appointed as a Justice of the Peace (JP).
In 1932 he, along with Arthur Rutland Edwards of Motueka and George E Manson of Stoke, was appointed to the Nelson Mortgagors' Liabilities Adjustment Commission under the Morgagors' Relief Amendment Act 1931 by the Minister of Justice, John Cobbe. With a change of Government and legislation all three were reappointed under the Mortgagees and Lessees Rehabilitation Act 1936 by the Attorney-General Rex Mason. The purpose of the commissions was to assist the Supreme Court in the adjustment of mortgages, a relief measure because of the Great Depression.
In 1942, in his capacity as Mayor of Nelson, he was appointed a District Controller of Civil Defence for Nelson Marlborough under the Emergency Reserve Corp Regulations by the 1st Labour Government's Minister of National Service, Bob Semple.
He was awarded an OBE in 1946 and the Coronation Medal in 1953 for service to the community.
Neale, his son, and his grandson were all Secretaries of the Nelson Provincial Chamber of Commerce from 1920 to 1981. By 2008 the family had at least four generations of association with the Chamber of Commerce with his great granddaughter, Angela Hunter of Hunter Tourism Consultancy being a member. In recognition of this long association the Chamber made a special presentation to the family.
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