PERSONAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr H. A. Saunders, of the Ilakaia school' staff, has been appointed to Waltham School, and takes up his new duties within a few days.' The- -Hon. A. L. Herdmau, member for Wellington North electorate jf* the House of Representatives, ha^fa*;warded .his resignation to the S7s|feW |o .of the House. f ,, y '', Private information has been re-' ceived in Dunedin that in connection with the reorganisation and extension of the Imperial Trade Commissioner service, Mr R. W. Dalton has been reappointed Trade CommL«ioner in New Zealand. : . - " f A cable message- .received-' to-day from London announced that Military, Grasses had been awarded to the ,fol-, lowing New Zealanders: —Captain's R r C. Brewster, M. H: Gray and, R. R Mitchell;" Lieutenants J. N. Hones', A. C. Hunter, H, Johnston, 1). McAuley," and C. J. Pierce; Second-lieutenants A. Farquhar, C. A. Gray and R. -N. Gray. Military Medals have been awarded to seventeen New Zealanders. Private Henry James Pluck, of Mifcchani, and son of Mrs C. Pluck, of Kakaia, . recently returned from France. Private Pluck tpent three. months on active service in *ne trenches near Armcntieres. He waa badly gassed while in sleeping quarters two.miles from the front\\m»j the gas being emitted by sholl's/^jrift*l spending six weeks in hospital, he recuperated at Torquay, later .eceivmg his discharge.