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Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Constable Hadler, of Normanby, lias takm charge of the Fitzroy station.

Information has been received in Mnsterton that Lieut. Colonel Hart, of Carterton, has been promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday morninjr, Mr. Harold Beaueham'p was reelected chairman of directors for the current financial year.—Press Association.

Messrs E. Whittle, F. J. Hill and T. Furlong have been appointed a board of trustees for New Plymouth to manage the businesses of soldiers away on active service.

Mr. Cecil Gray, who volunteered and was in camp for som* time, recently left with a reinforcement draft as dental officer with the rank of captain in charge of one of the transports.

The ralmerston branch of the Church of England Men's Society presented a case of pipes to the Rcv.F. G, Harvie, who has been appointed vicar of St. Mary's, New Plymouth. Mr. Eric W. Inder, a member of the main body of the Auckland Mounted Wiles, who waß invalided home twelve months ago, has gained his LL.B, degree, having completed the whole of the solicitor's portion since his return from the front.

The Rangitikei Advocate reports that' Mr. A. H. Roekel, who had been* a resident of Carnarvon for 50 years, died suddenly on Sunday morning whilst separating. He leaves a widow, four daughters and seven sons. One of the latter is Mr. R. H. Roekel, of the New Plymouth Boys' High School.

Our Omata correspondent mentions a case of a family which lias supplied six boys for the front. It u the Henrlcksen family, formerly of Omata. Three are in France, one is in Egypt, one was "gassed" and invalided home, and the remaining member, who was farewelled at Omata the other day, is going away with the Twenty-fourths'. This is a splendid record for a family, and takes a lot of beating. Flight-Lieutenant W. L. Robinson, who is reported missing achieved a great reputation on September 3 last, when he attacked an enemy airship over Cuulcy, in the Eastern Counties, in circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a flaming wreck. He had bqen in the air for more than two hours, and had previously attacked another airship during his flight. For this gallant feat he was awarded the Victoria Cross by she Kmg, and the event was made the subject of a general order by the Commander-in-Chief. A gold watch, suitably inscribed, was presented to the lieutenant by the Overseas Club, and he was awarded the prize of £2OOO offered by Colonel J. Cowan, of Stella Hall, Blagdon, to the first man or men to bring down a German airship in the British Isles or territorial waters.