PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 304, 22 December 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(t'roaj (>"-' Siici-ial Correspondent.)

■ LONDON, November 1:1. The AjrenLi-UeiKT.il for the colonic? Jarc been invited by the French Government to accompany ■■<. party of British members of Parliament on a visit to Paris at the cmi uf I Ik- present month. lljc Hon. \V. !'- Kwp«, Agpnt-Genrrnl {or Now Zoalunii will i understand, lie B nable to leave London, liiii moot of the other reproM-niHlhes of the colonies

have accepted (he invitation. As many a 5 170 MJ'.'.-i Eire said io >>r» going. On Thursday, November 2tith, they lunch Tvitli the French Senators and Deputies, visit the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies in the. afternoon, and attend a reception given by President Lobuct ; n the evening. On ihe following day there "ill be a reception by the Municipal Council, another <>v Saturday by the Municipality of Versailles, and a third on Sunday by the British Ambassador.

The party will lunch at the palace of Versailles "do" 1 the theatres and sights, and generally enjoy themselves. On the Monday they will lie conveyed by train { Monday they will be conveyed in trains de lu* c to Bordeaux, Vice. Lyons, and Monte Carlo, where fetes, balls, and recoptions will be held in I heir honour. Evidently the "entente cordiale" is very much to the fore. The King lias expressed his pleasure at the visit, and especially ai the invitation extended to the Agents-General.

Lieut, ijhackelton, 1?. X.. who spent last winter in the Antarctic with, the "Discovery" expedition, and was invalided- Home, wa.s amongst those present at t&e meeting of the Royal Geographical Society tin-; week, when Commander Peary described his adventures in the frozen north.

Sir Edmund Lechmere. who is oft" on another expedition after big game in Equatorial Africa, luis been v great traveller. In his youth he was for some years in Xew Zealand, where at ike age of twenty he married the daughter of Mr. K. Samuels, of Canterbury, and by her had a son. who is now in "his eighteenth year. His wife died in ISUO, and after remaining a widower for a tinie_ Sir Edmund married the daughter of the lato Dr. Edwin Peyton Wright.

A photograph of the five "Warbriek Brothers, of New Zealand, is published by the Manchester "Daily Dispatch," unto lilt; heading '\\ Maori Football Group." At the last quarterly "comitia" of fhe Royal College of Physicians of London, held a few days back, Mr. J. G. Mardonald (Dunedin). was reported as having passed in surgery and midwifery, and Mr. Russell Ritchie (also of Dunediu) in midwifery.

Mr. X. Altrcd Nathan, of Auckland. rto ]'<>> boon spending the last year or So in England, leaves for Xew York on Wednesday next, en route for New Zealand. Mr. Nathan will travel through the Southern States, visiting New Orleans, and journeying thence to San Francisco, where ho catches the mailsteamer leaving for Auckland on December 10th. He is due in Auckland a few days before the. sale of Sylvia Park stud. Mr. Nathan's wife and family remain in England—where the children are at school—pending his return to this country.

Dr. Frodeham, Bishop of North Queensland, who .was ordered three months' absolute rest in consequence of the serious accident he met with in Auckland some time back, arrivedl in England on Tuesday evening last by the is. ''Turakina.'

The new headmaster of Christ's Colp, the Rev C. 11. Moreland, M.A , will leave for Christchurck about the middle M January next, accompanied by Miss ■lo'cland, his sister. Mr. Moreland has or the. past eleven years held a position on the teaching staff at King Ed»ard VI. School at Norwich, first as a Mnse-master. and subsequently as head 01 the second boarding-house, his spec «| duties being the teaching of classics »nd history. TI G was educated at Clif<°n College, and at Lincoln College, Oxl!f Where lle R ratll,a t e d in 1800, and Wore entering the teaching profession "c studied modern languages in Ger n ™7- Tim new headmaster is 30 years '''age and unmarried. His sister has ,!a( i considerable experience as school■"atron, and she will assist him in that opacity in Christchureh.

Th P New Zealand Shipping Company's "icainor Paparoa, which left London "on *"mlay lust, and Plymouth on Mon- *}': 'ins on board the following passenfor New Zealand: Mrs. L, Armcr o«g, Masters Ai-mstrong (2). Miss * l - Barklie, .Mr. J. Duncan, Mr. nnd *«■ J. Kn.bling, Dr. Findley, Mr. O A. "Hawkins, .Mrs J. Henderson. Misses f- a H! M. Henderson, Miss L. Kettle, ■"•and .M rs . L. Mortimer. Miss A. Rnmlr V- '" S ' (i - Mrs. and Miss '• L. Raymond, Mr. F. H. Smith and *J Smith. Mrs. E. Addinell. Misses A'Minell (2). Master Addinell. Miss Jp.v Be.st, \tiss A. Birchall, Miss C. *yce. -Miss K. M. Burnell. Mr. A. D. ijr. .1. A. Diggle. Mrs. Digglo, •hisses Dijrfjle f2). Masters Dig°lc (4), • rs - VV. A. Krans. Miss N. Evans, Miss , a . v < My. F. Heasman, Mr. T. V. Hutcli- '"> Mr. W. Larkins. Master E. Lees, £185 I M- Lyp) Ml . 1; Ji araackj M j ss ■ Millburn, Air. ,1. ]J, Moody, Mrs. Mrs. A. Neils,,,,. Master ,1. 15. Mr. s. C I'liillipe. Mrs. PhilT'u H - C - Mrs. C. Efitinie, J-f- A. Slack. Mis A. Smith, Miss E, Sniiii Smi,h, Ml - A ' H " Sn,ith, Mf, W '

the ° ther ■ Muori war veteran I,as i oil "-'d q" Peal majority. Surgeon-Major-Staff Jallles Davis. Army Medh'nl retired, died at his residence at T ut ns-.ea on Sunday at the ago of (iS. jT" e 'des|, son of Dr. W. A. D-.ivis, of f-y Wry, 9° unt . v Down, General Davis reand • medical education in Ireland. " Johipu the army as assistant wir\."f ,n 1858. He .served in that rank X ',' tllc s'iu regiment in the Xew tb» war in 1S(J1 - a » (1 was present at <-repuj.se of the attack on Camp Nu*™WU and it, ,1,0 engagement at He became a surgeonaii,f r W ' 573 - BUr Senn-«olonel in 18S8, in ISO 4, and I), .- ,T, ''h , fnlhiwing year. General cf 's marri..'d in lsiiG'Clara, daugilter la J° 1 ' Nixon, 'A Wauganui.

Mr. J. H. Sanders, of Christen crett, who was one of the witnesses 01 the recent catastrophe at Waimangu. and who assisted in the recovery of the bodies of those who perished in the flood, arrived in London with his wife o. few days ago. They travelled Horn*, via Sydney, whence they came by the India. Though only residing in the colony for about a year, Mr. Sanders is mueli enamoured of Xew Zealand, and hopes to return there. For some time to come, however, he will be engaged in business in the Old Country. His wife, vhose health suffered considerably through the shock she experienced in the YVuimangii fatality, has benefited considerably by the voyage to England.

The fount of honour lias not flower! freely in celebration of the King's ti2nd birthday, and the honours list is, once more, to be most accurately described

as utterly colourless. Of the colonial knighthoods it is unnecessary for mo to speak here. Doubtless they have been as well earned as Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, K.C.B.Y promotion to '"G.C.8.." and Lord Charles Beresford's enrolment among the K.C.B.'s. Among the CM.G.'s we find the names of the Agent-General for Western Australia and the Hon. Justin Fox, M.LA., of Queensland, both of whom ■would doubtless have received K.C.M.G.'s but for the determination of the supreme authority in these matters to cause aspirants to the greater honours of the colonial' order to proceed step by step. Of His Majesty's intention to make the CM.(4. a condition precedent to the K.U.M.Ct., and the latter a necessary preliminary to advancement to the G.C.M.G., [ made mention a year or more ago. In the appointments to Companionships of the Imperial Service Order Australia figures fairly prominently, but New Zealand is quite out in the cold. Among the new C.1.5.0.'s are Messrs. G. T. Allen. Secretary to the Department of the Commonwealth Treasury; J. G. Anderson, M.A., Undersecretary , Department of Public instruction of the State of Queensland; P. W. Darby, Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works, Xew iSoutll Wales; E. J. D. Guinness, Crown Solicitor of the State of Victoria; R. M. Johnston, Government Statistician and ltcgistrarGeneral, Tasmania; D. Miller, Solicitor to the Department of Home Affairs. Australia; G. Moore, Commissioner of Lands and Works of the Colony of Fiji; .F. <t. Russell, Commissioner of Insolvency and of the Land and Income Tax Department. South Australia; and F. Spencer, Auditor-General of the State of Western Australia.

Sir William Wasteney's application to Ihe Registrar in Bankruptcy for an order of discharge last Tuesday was not acceded to. and for two years the debtor must remain under the disabilities of mi undischarged bankrupt. Aa I mentioned some time ago. the failure, took place in March last "on Ihe petition of the wife, the probable liabilities amounting to £8000, and no assets have been realised. The debtor succeeded in 1572 to estates in South Yorkshire valued at .t 80,000, but producing a net. annual income of £1000 only. Some years later, in anticipation of his marriage, lie settled a sum of £8000 in trust, payable in rive years, and subsequently charged certain property to realise, their security for a sufficient sum to cover indebtedness, are now unsecured creditors for £3253. In 1875 the debtor was called to the Bar. and practised for a short time in England. Afterwards he relinquished practice, and resided abroad owing to his wife's health. Down to January. 18S5, he lived at the rate of some £3000 or £4000 a year, acquiring the necessary funds by realisation of his estates. Then with £4400 he went to Xew Zealand where he practised as a barrister and solicitor, and for a short period as a newspaper proprietor. In 1801 he allowed his wife, by deed of separation, £240 a year, and after that period litigation took place between them, which ended in the wife's favour, and bankruptcy proceedings were instituted by her on a debt of £2035. The debtor attributed his failure find insolvency to the constant litigation between his wife and himself, and to excessive expenditure caused by the long illness of his wife, and to depreciation on fhe. sale of his properties. The only offence alleged was insufficiency of assets.