PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 197, 18 August 1908, Page 3

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(From Oar Special CorresponCent.j •LONDON, July 10. Mr. F. Stewart, of Auckland, since his arrival in London, via Suez, a month, ago, has visited Hastings, Birmingham, Liverpool and) Glasgow, and is now about to make a tour of the Scottish Highlands. Mr. Stewart has no definite plans, but will probably visit the United States before returning to New Zealand. Mr. J. P. Hooton and W. H. Gummer, of Auckianu, who arrived by the Persic some weeks ago, have been spending the interval in sight-seeing in and around London. Mr. Hooton's visit is on business and pleasure combined. He proceeds, ehortly to the Continent, whence afte.r a round trip he will return to England and later on travel back to New Zealand by way of America and Japan. Mr. Gummer has come to England l to complete his education in architecture, and hopes to moke London his headquarters for three or four years. Mr. S. Kahn, of Auckland, is in London on a visit of business and pleasure. He will visit Germany and Switzerland before returning to New Zealand in November. Mr. George G«orge, director of technical education for the Auckland province, visited the. Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle last Friday, July 3, and read a paper on agricultural education in New Zealand. Mr. E. Wilson, of Auckland, arrived by the Gneisenau, via Suez, last week, and will spend three months in the -United Kingdom,.visiting friends in Scotland, Ireland and , the Isle of Man, and winding up with a few weeks in London. He will probably return to New Zealand by the Vancouver route.

The N.Z. Shipping Company's steamer Tongariro, Captain Sutcliffe, left London yesterday. July 0, for New Zealand, via Cape Town and Hobart, with, the following saloon passengers: —Mr. E. Corn, Mrs. Corn, Miss M. A. Kisbet. Mr. S. Stee.l, Mr. Dan Wuille, Miss M. Birch, Mr. W. T. Brand. Mrs. Brand, Miss E. A. Brand, Mr. J. Brittain, Mrs. Brittain, Miss N. Brittain, Miss M. Brittain, Miss A. M. Bromfield, Mr. -J. Buchan, Mr. D. S. F. Cameron, Miss N. Campbell, Mr. D. Clark, Mra. Clark, Mrs. K. Cooper, Mr. W. D. Davey, Mrs. G. Elderhorst, Mr. A. H. A. Empson, Mis* J. E. Hancock. Mr. R. W. Haltcy, Mr. F. Heatoii, Mri. Hen ton, Mr R. Spptinstnll, Mr.-. Heptins>tall, Mr. J. ttodses, Mrs. Hodses. Mr. T. H. P. Jones. Mrs. Lamb, Mr. T. Mather, Mr R. Miller, Mr. \V. B. Miller. Mr G. Morcom, Miss K. Morris, Mr. F. Pendlebury, Rev. F. \V. l»igot.t, Mr. and Mrs. Hasmussen and son, Mr. F. W. Skclsey, Mr. T. W. Slaymaker, Miss S. J. Summcrhaves, Miss M. T. Warm, Mrs. M. \\att, Mr. R. Hi Webb, Miss C. and' 180 third-class.

Mr John P. Fuller. M.A., lust. M.E.,1 late of Auckland; aud now in the employ j of the Redjunjr Leboug Company in Sii- ] matra, is in Knghuid on furlough just! now. Ho landed at Naples, and came i ovrrlund via Rome, Venice, the Riviera, I and Paris. Mr Fuller has been employed for some time pastas engineer on a big gold mine in 'Mimutra, 150 miles inland. The mine is very like the famous Waihi mine in the size of the reef —which is 17 metres thick—the quality and character of the ore. and the method of treatment. A 70-stamp mill k in operation, and the company paid a. dividend of 72 per cent. la=t year, and will probably pay 100 per cent, this yciir. There is a community of 60 or 70 Europeans at the mine—mostly Germans —and coloured labour is employed in large numbers. The present mine manager is a New Zealandcr. Mr Jack Swindley, once a shining light in Auckland representative football. He has done very well in Sumatra. Mr Fuller is arranging: for the purchase of fresh plant in London, and on hia return to Sumatra he will proceed to another mine which the Redjang Leboug Company is about to open up, and a.t which a 40-stamp mill ii to be erected. Ho expects to lqave London on his return to the East l fc.bout the end of August. Mr Fuller likes Sumatra, ad praises its climate. "It is like the North of Auckland in climate," he said, "except that we have no winter in Sumatra. It is much the 3ame all the year round."

Colour-?ergeant \V. R. Friar, of the Onehunga Public School Cadets, who has travelled 13,000 miles to represent New Zoaland at the "'Boys' Bisley," arrived in London by the. Runic last Friday, after a fair weather passage from Australia. He was accompanied by his uncle, and; the pair were met at the docks by Mr P. A. Vaile. of Auckland, who put the young marksman in touch with Lord Roberts. During his stay in England Colour-Sergt. l-'riar will stay with Dγ Hanson, the hon. sec. of "Lord' Roberts' Boys," a London cadet corps. On Saturday he visited the offices of the Sub-Target Company, and put in some practice on their miniature range, and between now and the Boys' Bisley he hopes to get some practice on the Bisley range. He. will compete for the Lord Roberts Trophy, the Lady Gwendolen Guinness Trophy and the Jleath Trophy at Bisley next month.

The King has written saying that he is glad to hear that the scheme for training the boys of the Empire for thn purpor.es of national defence has made such great progress lately. Mr Haldane is to open the headquarters of "Lord Roberts' Boys" at BisleV towards the end of this month. The green tiles on the roof of the building are a gift from Toronto, Canada. The President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr Henry Morris, and the two Vicn-presidents, write officially to the secretary of "Lord Roberts' Boys":— "Such a scheme as that of Jxird Roberts for training boys and youths in discipline in elementary military drill and in rifle shooting seems to us to be an excellent form of physical education, and is, moreover, likely to be the means of impressing them in the most plastic period of their lives with a sense of the importance of obedience, of fellowship, and of corporate union, as well as of developing their faculty of observation and a feeling of self-reliance and steadiness io movements and under circumstances of danger or alarm." Mr and Mrs Warren Blyth, of Auckland, who have the past year in this country, putting their boys to school at Canterbury, have motored all over England in the course of the twelve months, and have thoroughly enjoyed their visit. They purpose leaving for New Zealand by the P. and O. on September 25. Mr M. H. Peters arrived from Auckland by the German liner Gneisenau last week. He is returning home to America after eeven yeara' servioe "with, ihe Aack-

•land Tramways Company. Mr Peters will spend a week on the Continent, and eail from Bremen for New York.

Mr R. F. D. Abbott, of Auckland, since his arrival via "Vancouver in May last, has spent the whole of his time in London. During August and September he will visit the chief provincial towns and also Scotland and Wales, and on October 3 he leaves on his return to New Zealand via Suez, by the N.D.L. Bremen. Mr W. P. Endean, of Auckland, who arrived via Vancouver and New York on May 5, is visiting London mainly for the purpose of getting an insight into Eng--lish legal methods. During May and June he attended the Civil Courts to study English legal practice, and he is now attending the Central Criminal Courts. He will probably leave for Naples via Paris, Berlin and Rome, on September 20, sailing from Naples on October 12 for New Zealand, via. Australia.