MAIL NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 179, 30 July 1900, Page 8

MAIL NEWS.

(VIA SUEZ.)

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON

(From Our Special Correspondent.)

LONDON, June 22

Among recent arrivals in the Old Country from' Auckland is Mr James Muir, who landed in London early in the present month. He is on pleasure bent, but for a holiday task has taken upon himself an enquiry into the state of literary and technical education here. At present Mr Muir is stayingwith his. brother at "Haggs" ■ farm, Kirknewton, which is in the heart of Midlothian. He has already spent a few days in Paris and the Netherlands and has in view trips to the Highlands;" the Western Isles, Ireland, Wales, and Yorkshire. His homeward voyage will commence early in September, and it is his intention i-o patronise the Canadian-Pacific route. Mr Muir will probably not reach Auckland before the early days of November.

Mr and Mrs P. C. Neill and their.two daughterp arrived in London from Dtmedin by the Gothic a fortnight ago. Their visit, I understand, is entirely one of pleasxire. Their itinerary, as at present mapped out, includes, of course, a visit ot Paris, fyad they have arranged to spend some time in Ireland, and to tour the Continent. Their homeward journey will be made via America. At present they are doing the sights of London from headquarters at 37, Queen's Gate Gardens, Kensington, and are,enjoying themselves

greatly

Mr D. Murray lloss, who came Homo by the Ophir in order to pursue his medical studies, is now in residence at the Newcastle College of Medicine, where he intends to put in twelve months' work. He will probably come to London after his term at Newcastle and enter one of the big hospitals for a' further period of study.

Mr Justice Denniston and Mrs Denniston left on Wednesday for Bristol, where they are to stay until the beginning of next week, when Mr Justice Denniston returns to town to be present at the Merchant Tailors dinner to the Skinners' Company.

Surgeon-Captain Fenwick has been invalided Home on the steamship Un> bria, which left for England on the 6th. I trust that he will be well enough to see something of his many New Zealand friends now^in London.

Mr Eobei*t Congreve, who, since he came Home a year ago, has spent most of his time in the North of England, Stockport being his headquarters, was in London recentlj'. He proposes to commence his return to New Zealand early in September, after a visit to taxis. His route will be by way gf the States, and he expects to be back again in Auckland before November is out.

Mr S. J. Nathan, who has been, enjoying life exceedingly since his arrival in England a'couple of months ago; has made up his mind to return to New Zealand by ;way df the States. He leaves Liverpool by the" "-Germanic on July lith for New York, and has arranged to catch the steamer for New Zealand and 'Frisco on August Bth, so he will be able to travel leisurely across the States. Mr Nathan has been to Paris, but will not say he has "done" the Exhibition. He remarked that to do that, show conscientiously, would' take six months. That, of course, is "a trifling- exaggeration, biit- an • energetic man coiildiA see all there -is- to see in the great show under a- fortnight is hard work.

■ The Eoyal Humane Society does not take quite so long1 as the War Office to; award its medals. The Society's medal has been already awarded to ■Mr Andrew Sharp for his plucky resctie at Curock on the 9th of;a man from drowning. The Eoyal Humane Society has been almost as prompt as Mr Sharp.

The Hon. Thomas Fergus was present at the annual conversazione of the Royal Geographical Society at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, last week.

Dr.' Leonard G. Boor who, after 40 years residence in New Zealand as a medical practitioner, left the colony with is wife and daughter in April last, is now residing at 5 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent. It is, I understand, his intention to spend the atitumn of his life in England free from the cares of an active practce.

Mr and Mrs J. Burton, of Auckland, after their arrival in the Britannia spent a fortnight sight-seeing in London and then stayed with friends in Reading. Three weeks slipped away very pleasanttly in Cornwall, after which they returned to London, whence they paid a short visit to Kent. They leave for Paris next Monday and on their return go to Birmingham, Leeds and the North of England, and if time permits to Scotland. They leave on 15th August for their return trip /to Auckland through America.

If, as was reported, Stanley Rowley was suffering from a sprained calf,- he was worse than foolish to turn out for the 120 yards race at the Huddersfield C. and A.C. sports last Saturday. Bow-* ley was asked to concede from 5J to 11| yards and was beaten in his heat by Hunton of the Broughton Club, who had syds, and landed home 4ft ahead of Kowley in the not brilliant time of 12 3-sth' sec. The Aiistralian's conqueror was beaten in the final heat by a limit man, Bone, of Flixton, who got home first by a foot in 12sec. His victory was a tremendous surprise to the judges, and "pending enquiries" the prize is withheld.

F. C. V. Lane, of Sydney, competed in the 150 yards swimming championship of the Midlands, decided at the Burnslea Baths last week. His opponents were Rob. Derbyshire, Wildgoose, of Hyde,, and Call, of Hunslet. The latter got the best of the start, and for sixty yards led the cracks. At the half distance Lane and Derbyshire passed the Hunslet man and lent neck and neclc until twenty y;r.\'■; from home Derbyshire suddenly spurted; He quickly gained a yard and despite Lane's efforts maintained his advantage to the end. Call was third, a few yards away. Derbyshire's time was Imin 40sec and Lane's Imin 40 2-sth sec. The record for-the distance, which is!held by Derbyshire, is Imin 38 4-sth sec. '"„..