NEW ZEALAND ESTATE
HEIR TO ABOUT £200,000 According to the Daily Mail, Mr. W. Rhodes Moorhouse, of' Knightsbridge, London, a 19 year-old youth, recently received word that he had become the owner of estates in New Zealand valued at about £IOO,OOO, which originally was owned by the late Hon. W. B. Rhodes, of Wellington. Tlie youth’s father. Captain W. B. Rhodes Moorhouse, was an airman who gained the V.C. shortly before be was killed in the war in April, 1915. The fortunate youth, who is known as “The Flying Etonian,” was granted a pilot’s certificate two years ago while still at Eton. His mother also holds a pilot’s certificate. I A Daily Mail reporter who called on j Mr. Rhodes Moorhouse states that l>« 1 found him entertaining a number of friends. “I cannot, possibly say what 1 will do with the money,” lie said. I "It is a question that takes a lot of thinking out. I suppose 1 shall spend some of it on Hying."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 4
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167NEW ZEALAND ESTATE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 4
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