PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
LONDON, July 22. A BUSY WEEK WITH THE KING. The King and his gracious Consort have had a busy week. Starting from Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning they journeyed down to Liverpool, where in the afternoon the King laid the foundation stone of the Cathedra! to be erected on St. James' Mount, a grand commanding situation overlooking the Mersey. Of course the local corporation took advantage of the Royal visit to present an address of welcome to the King and Queen on the occasion of their first visit to the city since the accession, and the people rose to the occasion in the matter of decorations and lusty cheering. The chief object of the King's visit was accomplished amid circumstances of great civic and ecclesiastical splendour and of solemn dignity, and after four hours' stay in Liverpool the Koyal party embarked on the Victoria and Albert for Swansea, where on the morrow the King cut the first sod of the new dock, which is estimated to cost a million and a half and will cover nearly 70 acres. As at Liverpool, the day observed as a holiday by townsfolk, and the King and Queen met with a most enthusiastic welcome as they drove through the gaily decorated streets to and from the Royal yacht. On Thursday the King and Queen entrained at Swansea for Rhadayder, id the Cambrian Hills, to inaugurate the new water supply for Birmingham by turning the water from the gigantic filter beds above the village 8f Elan into the big conduits which carry the iva ter to the great Midland city eighty miles away. A few words may be written here about the scheme itself, the' largest ol its kind , in the Kingdom. The works ta-xlay inaugurated will, when finished, give Birmingham a watershed of nearly seventy-two square miles, and provide storage sufficient to maintain in a j Jry year a supply of seventy-five million gallons a day for two hundred days. The works now completed give a supply to Birmingham of only twenty million gallons of filtered water, the construction of the Claerwen reservoir being postponed until the water requirements of the city have been further developed. The cost of the work so far has been six millions. The King and Queen returned to London in the late evening, and to-day, whilst His Majesty was opening the new hall of the Royal Horticultural Society at Westminster, "the Queen" was busy presenting certificates at ~ Buckingham Palace to nurses belonging to the Koyal National Nurses' Pension Fund. Mr and Mrs W. E. Goring Thomas and Miss Roskruge, of Auckiand and Christchureh, arrived by the P. and 0. liner India last Sunday week, and are staying just now at Berkeley Gardens. They purpose remaining in London until the end of July, when they go south •t»o the Isle of Wight for the Cowes Regatta. After a week or two in the south they will spend some time in Scarborough, but beyond that their plans are uncertain. Their visit to this country will probably last about a year. Mr and Mrs H. Munro Clark, of Mt. Roskiil, Auckland, were among the pas sengers for London by the India, whieii arrived here on the 10th inst. intend to remain for some time in Lon don, and afterwards to' tour the Con tinent and Scotland, and probably ire land, returning to Auckland via Ne\i York, St. Louis, and San Francisco They expect to be back in Auckland b\ Christmas, after an absence of sevei: months. Mr J. Lewis Walton, eldest son o, Mr Joseph Lewis Walton, of tht Thames, Auckland, was married las. week at Holy Trinity Chmch, SoutJ. Wimbledon, to iiiss Margaret Lact. younger daughter of Mr Stewart Lack of \Yimbledon. The Rev. Pickerin c Clarke officiated. Mr J. A. Wilkes, the adventurou yuiing Napier photographer, who has been pursuing his profession in the Olu Country since his trip across the Rus sian Empire, is leaving London at the cud cf. this month for West Africa, un der engagement to the Niger Company. At present he is rather uncertain to what part of the Company's domain he is destined to live, but expects that his postal address will be "soui<>where near Lake Tchad." Mr Wilkes does noi anticipate being in Africa more than a year, but, of course, the duration- oi his stay will greatly depend on whether ihe climate agrees with hin, and whether the work he has t6 do is agreeable. [ fancy, however, that the young New /'eulander has that in his blood whieb will impel him ever and anon to seek fresh nVlds and pastures new. He is i born traveller, and does not seem able to find happiness in one place for lona ' cgelher. Mr Thos. McMaster, of Auckland .liter a tour through Scotland and Ireland, lias been devoting the last two months of his stay in this country to business, which has kept him in London throughout that period. He now intends taking two or three weeks' rest. after which he leaves for New Zealand •>y the Weimar, which sails on August 5. New Zealand papers are asked to ,'ircnicle the marriage of Mr F. T. "ooper and Miss Ida Augusta Goring. ■ -Idest surviving daughter of Sir Harry 1 T *ton Goring, B-irt. The wedding rook place on July 16. at Christ Church. I <t.rme. in the Rev. J. R. Line (vicar) officiating. The annual dinner of the Atlantic Iniou was held on jd.or.lay last at the • Cecil under tlid pres:dency of the J'>n. W. Peinber Reeves. In proposing 'The Atlantic Union," the chairman said that the Society stood, not so mue! lor different races, as for the scattered branches of one great race. The only L-laim which a New Zealander could have to propose such a toast was that he was an example of the all-embracing scope of the Union. They wished to bring home to every member of the English-speaking race who visited these shores how abundant was the goodwill towards them that characterised everyone in the Old Country. Many in New Zealand will learn with regret of the death of Mr Henry Joseph Bristow, of the firm of Messrs. Bowley and Bristow, managers of the New Zealand Insurance Company, which took place on Friday last at his residence, The Mount, Upton, Bexley Heath, in his 72nd year. At the time of his death Mr Hristow was a director of Briseis Tin Mines, Tasmania, the River Plate Land Mortgage Company, the New
Zealand Mines Trust, the famous Waihi Gold Mining Company, and of tie'Waitekauri Gold Mining Company. '
Mr. William Smith, of Auckland, erstwhile of Messrs. Dunn, Smith, and Co., who has been at Home with his wife some six weeks, finds a slight improvement in his health as the result of a course of homeopathic treatment. Having satiated their appetites for sight seeing in London and suburbs, Mr and Mrs Smith now propose to tour awhile in the Midland?, Scotland and Ireland. At present they are not certain as to the date of their departure from these shores, but it is their intention to return to New Zealand by way of America, and to visit the St. Louis Exhibition en route. Callers at the Agent-General's office this week included the following: Mr. Malcolm, M. Irvine (Christchureh), Mr. Horatio Nelson (Wellington), Mr. J. A. Pike (Wellington), Messrs. T. F. and H. E. Flesher (Christchureh), Mr. E. J. Beavis and Mr. A. B. Fitchett (Wellington), Mr. H. Pinny, Mr. Norman Dalston (Wellington), Mrs. and Miss Purdy (Christchurct), Mr. Alfred E. Smith (Christchureh), Mr. John Duncan (Picton), Mr. Victor Usher (Nelson), Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hawkins (Napier), Mr. Melville McNaught (Christchureh), Mr. W. F. Keen (Wellington), Rev. E. W. J. MeConnel (Eltham), Mr. and Mrs. H. Munro Clark (Auckland), Mr. John Coom and Mr. Harry F. Coom (Wellington), Mr. L. W. Mackeraey (Waipukurau), Mr. C. L. Mackersey (Hastings). The Agent-General, after inviting applications for the position of masseuse at the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, has appointed a German expert, Miss Elsa Fredga, of Gottenburg. Mis 3 Fredga will sail for New Zealand by the Rimutaka on August 4. In the "Guardian's" list of preferments and appointments this week are the following relating to New Zealand: Rev. M. W. Butterfield, 8.D., vicar of Wairoa, to be vicar of Tauranga; Rev. B. G. Fox, vicar of Granity, Nelson, to be vicar of Weber, Waiapu diocese; Rev. D; Ruddock, curate of Shelford Magna, Cambridge, to be vicar of Wairoa; Rev. L. D. Thomas, curate of St. John's, Darlinghurst, N.S.W., to be vicar of Gisborne. The marriage of Mr Stephen Walter, younger son of the proprietor of "The Times," and Beatrice May, only daughter of| Mr Coleman, of Waititirau, Napier, New Zealand, took place last Saturday afternoon at St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square. The Rev. H. M. Walter, rector of St. Pavl's, Wokingham, uncle of the bridegroom, officiated, assisted by the Rev. S. G. Wilkinson, precentor of St. Peter's. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr Edward Watt, was attended by six bridesmaids—Miss Walter (sister of the bridegroom), Miss Eyres and Miss Angela Sharp (cousins of the bride), Miss Carr, Miss Bernau, and Miss Fitznerbert. The bridegroom wns supported by Mr Robert Woodward as best man. The bride wore a dress of white Oriental satin, trimmed with bouillonees of chiffon, the train being embroidered with white chiffon roses and chenille leaves. The low shitin bodice was trimmed with beautiful "point de gaz," her grandmother's present. The neck of the bodice was filled in with finely-gauged chiffon, and the elbow sleeves were of the same material. She carried a shower bouquet, a present from the bridegroom. Her ornaments were a diamond brooch, given by the bridegroom, and a pearl necklace, Mrs Walter's present. The bridesmaids' dresses were of white voile over silk, trimmed with three large lace flounces, embroidered with pink roses, and waistbands of silk. They wore high-crowned chip garden hats with red roses, and carried bouquets of red roses. Mrs Coleman held a reception, which was attended by over 200 friends of the bride and bridegroom, at 19, Belgrave Square, kindly lent by Mrs Eyres, aunt of the bride. The presents included a pearl necklace and fitted safe from Mrs Walter, a sealskin coat and cheque from Mr Walter,- a grand piano from Mrs Coleman, an opal and diamond bracelet and cheque for £1000 from Mr Coleman, old silver salver from tenants and employees at Bear Wood and Finehamp--tead, and a set of silver fish carvers from the servants at Printinghouse Square, besides a pearl and diamond bracelet and cheque from Mrs Eyres, and a complete set of silver plate from -Mr and Mrs Grogan (sister and brother-in-law of the bride). Later in the afternoon Mr and Mrs Stephen Walter left for the country, the bride wearing a dress of white voile muslin, with sprigs of lilac, trimmed with pale blue and mauve, and a white chip hat with lilac and roses. The honeymooa ; will be spout at the lakes and in Scotland. By his will, Mr Herbert Chamberlain, a brother of the ex-Colonial Secretary, who died in May last, leaving an estate ' worth nearly £100,000, devised all his property in New Zealand to Sis wife, but made a somewhat remarkaDle provision, to the effect that should she give notice' to his executors within one year of the granting of probate that she is willing to sell such property to them for £500, then he gave to her during widowhood an annuity of £2000 and the use of his residence with thefurni- ,- ture, etc, therein, or an additional £200 per annum should she desire to reside elsewhere.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 206, 29 August 1904, Page 5
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