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] Selig Brodetsky. a Russian Jew and a | London Board school bov, who tied for , the senior wrangler of Cam bridge in : 1!M)S, has won the Isaac Xewton Scholarship at Cambridge. He receives i'2o a veav for three years. | The late Major C. J. Urquliart, whose death was' announced recently, arrived ! in Xew Zealand in April. 18.").), with a detachment of the Goth Regiment, and ! ivas stationed a short timp in Auckland, iHe was then a lieutenant. In February, lS.i5. he was transferred to Xew Plymonth. remaining until the early part, of Nll-2, wlu'n he exchanged to a regiment in Canada. He was present at several engagements and was mentioned in despatches to the War o,'l'ice. TTe made many friends in those days hv his Wind and gonial disposition. As far as :s known, Mr. X. Holding, of Vivian Street, Xe-.v Plymouth, is tlie only snrvivor of (he detachment arriving at | the same time as Lieutenant Urquliart:. | The ranks of the old "Tigers" are thinning fast.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 320, 21 February 1910, Page 4
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166PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 320, 21 February 1910, Page 4
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