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Major R. Balcombo Brown, M.C., who has been commanding a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps on the Western front, has now been reported by Ihe Air Minister as missing after aerial iielivily on May 2.
Mr. A. F. Nicoll, a returned soldier, who has served about thyco yews nt the front, and lost his right lug in France, was last evening appointed assistant instructor in the. art classes at the Technical School. Mr. Nicoll is ft New Zcalandcr by birth, and studied art in New Zealand,' England, and Scotland, and is at present on the staff of tho Edinburgh School of Art He obtained leave to visit New Zealand, and left England a few days before war was doclaml. On arrival in "Now Zealand ho joined tho Expeditionary Force.
Captain Hugo Fricdlnnder, of Christchurch, has been granted leave lo visit New Zealand. Captain Friodlnnder was attached to the R.A.M.C, in France from August, lflll, but lately has been serving on the Italian front.
Mr. E. J. Part, science master at Otaga Boys' High School, has been appointed ail inspaetor of secondary schools under tho Education Department. It is understood, says a Press Association message from Dmipdin. that his headquarters will be in tho "Wellington district. '
' Mr. Albert Israel, of tho firm of Ilenry Marks and Co., Ltd., Fiji, is at present on a holiday visit to Wellington. He is accompanied by his wife. It was Mr. Henry Harks, anil the firm which he C 9« tablished, who expended .£IO,OOO on a troop of a hundred Fijians for service at tho front. Tiie draft was ono of specially, picked men, and according to advices received they were doing valuable transport -work "somowhero in France." So valuable wcro their services that it is quite on the cards that another draft will bt> sent lo Europe.
Mr. Novillo Afayman, who has spent eight weeks in tho Dominion studying the methods adopted here for the protection of infant life on behalf of tho New fiouth Wales Government, is returning to Australia shortly.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 4
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