PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 149, 23 June 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(From Onr Special Correspondent)

LONDON", May 19. Mrs. Thomas Cotter, of Auckland, and ■ two of her daughters were amongst the arrivals by the Orontes. of the Orient line, ewhic'li reached London on the sth inst. after a very good passage. They are on a pleasure trip, and purpose making the Abbotsford Hotel, in Russell Square, their headquarters until midsummer, when they will probably pay visits to friends in various parts of the country. According to present plans they will remain until about the middle of "September, and so roach Melbourne in time for the Cup Meeting. Mr. Cotier and other members of the family will meet them in Melbourne. Miss Marion Frater, of Auckland, who arrived by the Orontes on the sth inst., is staying in Craven Hill Gardens W., -with Mrs. Ross, of Auckland. Her visit is purely one of pleasure, and she will probably stay in London for two or three months'before deciding upn future plans. At present the duration of Miss Frater's stay in this country is uncertain. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pilkington, late of Auckland, and now residing in Wellington, are on a visit to London. They Lad an eleven weeks' journey from New Zealand, spending a week iv Sydney before e-mbarking for London on the Medic, o* the White Star line. Since their arrival they have bren paying visits in Sussex, and have also visked Coventry, where they had some motoring. Later in the summer they purpose touring in Scotland and on the Continent, leaving pgain for the colony about November nest. 4 Mr. W. J. Napier returned from Eastbourne a few days aco, rejoicing in the knowledge that he had got rid of the throat affection which had been troubling him for some time past. He was one of the speakers at the annual general meeting of the Navy League on Wednesday last, and on his motion the members of rhe Executive Committee of the League were re-elected en bloc. Mr. Napier has a good many social engagements to fulfil curing the ensuing week. To-morrow he leaves London to spend the week end at Cambridge University as the guest of Professor O?rar Drowning. University Lecturer in History, and on Tuesday next he will be the guest of your ex-Governor, T.ord Onslow. at luncheon at his town house in Richmond-terrace. Whitehall. Mr Napier was entertained to afternoon tea l-.y the Executive Council of thfi Navy league last week, and this week he was entertained at the Devonshire Club by sonic members of the sam? body. BurIns: the past few weeks Mr. Napier has visited Southampton. Dagenham. Rainham, Purflect and other places on the Lower Thames in the interests of the Auckland Harbour Board. Hn projects visits nirxt week to Bristol, Manchester, jind Cowes with the same object. Mrs. Strinhcuer-Mallinson and Madame Ada. Crossley were again the soloists «t Mr. Albert Mallinsou's second recital. which was held at the Beehstein Hall this week. Twenty-six of Mr. Mallinson's 300 songs were in the programme, thirteen of them being henrd for the first time in London. Mr. Mallinflon achieved ps ;»reat a success with hi" second batch iof «>ngs as with those submitted at the [first rscital. The '-Daily Telegraph" (commends '"the ripe musicianship and excellent taste displayed by Mr. Mallinson." and hopes that, English vocalists "will follow the sensible example set by iladame Crossley in including the talented English composer's songs in their programmes, for such charming music should be widely known.' , Mr. Justice Williams and his wife and daughters are at present staying in I onc'on. They came to England in two parties three' of the Misses Williams travelling to London by the Orient liner Ophir, r.hile judge Williams and Mrs. and Miss Constance Williams journeyed to Marseilles by the Ortona last March, and ; remained on the Continent until the bekJnning of this month. They stayed nearly three weeks at Montonr. and went thence to Genoa. Florence. Venice. Milan, Lhe Italian Lakes, and Switzerland, com- : .c£ from Basle direct to England on May "ith. They Dropose remaining in Lon- | don for some time, but have as yet no definite plans for the future, except that they hope to return to New Zealand toi wards the end of the year. Judge Wil--1 hams is on holiday for the purpose of recruiting his health. He has been forjtunate enough to keep well all the time except for a short spell of feverish cold in Florence. The N.Z.S. Co.'s Paparoa. which sailed from Plymouth yesterday had a. very Fmall complement of saloou passengers — two and twenty all told — and not an overwhelming number in the third-class, 107 b»ing the muster in that department. The saloon party included Mr. W. Borthwick. Miss E. Kennett, Mr. P. Vaughau Neil}, Miss J. A. Randall, Mr. J. F. Silcock, Miss K. Buchanan, Miss -T. Buehanfc.ii, Mr. T. Dalrymple, Mr. L.-W. Gardner, Mr. C. Gill, Mr. J. E. Hanson, Mr. B. Matthews, Mr. J. Mayne, Mr. W. H. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Panes, Mr. A. Pennington. Mr. K. P. Redman, Miss E. Trodd. Miss D. M. Tytheridge, Mr. and Mrs. W. Williams Mr. P. A. Taile has decided to return to Auckland either by the Shaw, Savill htenmer Corinthic, which sails on May 30th. or by way of America, in which case he will leave England a few days earlier. ___^____________^.