PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 288, 5 December 1910, Page 8

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

DOINGS OF NEW ZEALANDESS ABROAD. " (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, October 28. Mr. F. C. Grieg, of Otago University and University College, London, was admitted this week as a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. A. Woollams, of Auckland, who arrived here via Suez early in May, left London to-day by the Orvieto on their return to New Zealand. Miss Hilda G. Bennett, younger daughter of the late Ami Bennett, of Auckland, and of Mrs. Bennett, of Upper Norwood, S.E., was married on October 22nd to Mr. W. H. Allberry, elder son of Mr. C. H. Allberry, of Forest Hill, S.E. The wedding took place at Anerley, S.E. The Hon. W. P. Reeves, late High Commissioner for New Zealand, is to lecture on "New Zealand" at Birmingham University on December 8. Tne University has arranged for a series of Empire lectures by prominent AngloColonials, for the benefit alike of the business community and of students. Miss A. Anderson Hughes, of New Zealand, is giving lectures in England on the progress of the No-Kcense movement in New Zealand. Speaking at Oldham a few days ago, Miss Hugnes declared that if everyone who was a total abstainer in England were an enthusiast, it would only take five years to clear all the liquor bars in the country. Mts. Knight, wife of Dr. A. 0. Knight, of Auckland, left London this week by the Rotorua on her return to New Zealand, after three years' residence in the Old Country. She is accompanied by her family, with the exception of Misa Dorothy and Mr. A. Knight, who are, remaining in London to continue their musical and medical studies respectively. Mr. R. Grainger, who has been aibsent from Auckland for the past two years, spent chiefly in Australia, is in London just now on a pleasure trip. He came via South Africa, and has visited Paris and South Wale 9 since his arrival, and he intends spending a month in touring Scotland and Ireland, leaving again aibout January for Australia. He will spend three or. four weeks on a sheep station in New South Wales, and then return to Auckland. The statement, just issued by the Rhodes Trustees records that in the Final Honour Schools a first-class was gained iby S. N. Ziman of New Zealand (Ealliol), in Mathematics, and a secondclass by C. M. Gil ray, of New Zealand (University) in Litterae Humaniores. Mr. Ziman passed the Indian Civil Service examination in August, and Mr. Gilray again represented Oxford in Rugby football. Mr. and Mrs. James Slator, of Auckland, who have been spending five months in the Old Country on a pleasure trip, intend returning to New Zealand 'by . the Turakina, leaving on November 24. It is 43 years since Mr. Slator was last in England. His wife and he have traj veiled through a good deal of England I and Ireland, and had intended going to the United States, but left it too late. i They hope to make a special trip to I America Later on. Mr. and Mrs. Slator celebrated their golden wedding day in i London this week. ! The Rev. A. B. G. Lillingston, vicar of j .Holy Trinity, Hull, who is one of the' Anglican Missioners .now touring New Zealand, writes Home to the "Eastern Morning News" from Auckland concern-1 ing the Mission: "The spiritual results cannot be measured, but they exceed the most sanguine expectations, hun- \ I dreds sending in requests for prayer, ' hundreds more coming forward to renew their baptismal vows, and very great j i numbers seeking interviews with their' i respective Missioners in order to ask counsel for various difficulties. The most' 1 experienced among the band of MisI sioners have felt that such a response has not been known before, and that it is overwhelming evidence that the ' \ bishops, in arranging for the Mission, had rightly gauged the spiritual needs of New Zealand." Mr. Russell Bartley, a young Auck" lander, has done well since he came to i England to gain experience in his profession. He joined tne Coventry Corporation Electricity Department in April, 1909, as charge engineer, and remained in that capacity till May, 1910, when he was promoted to electrical draughtsman with a substantial increase in salary. Fortunately, it was just at the time of his promotion that negotiations were in force for considerably extending the plant, and Mr. Bartley was at once deputed to prepare a scheme and all plans for the work, which is now in full swing, costing approximately £54,000. Prior to Mr. Bartley's joining the Coventry Corporation Electrical Works, he was assistant-engineer on the North Metropolitan Electrical Power Supply and Distribution Co., London, for twelve months, and before that was with Messrs. Cranrpton and Co. in their I works at Chelmsford, for twelve months. So his all-round experience has 'been of the right kind to prepare him for filling with efficiency still higher appointments.

Major and Mrs. J. Hughes and their child are returning to New Zealand by the Rotorua, which sails from Plymouth to-morrow. - - - Recent callers at the High Commissioner's office:—Chas. Moore (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Slator (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Raymond (Invercargill), Mrs. E Georgetti (Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs. A. F. A. Woollams (Auckland), C. Cecil Sterndale (Timarn), A. R. Littleiburg (Wellington), G. Brreknell (Christoh-urch), Mrs. Tribe, Misaes Doris and Phyllis Tribe, Mr. Leslie Tribe (Wellington). Mr. L W. Raymond, of Invercargill, has been invited to stand for the Carlisle seat in the Unionist interest at the next general election, and has consented. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond came to England over two years ago with the object of giving several members of their family the advantages of English and Continental education. Their daughters have been at Cheltenham College and at Madame Sntir's, at Neuilly, Paris. Their second son is at Harrow, and their youngest at King's College, Wimbledon. As one who took a considerable interest in educational matters in the Dominion, Mr. Raymond is in a position to draw a comparison between the two systems. "Beyond question," he said to mc this week, "the Colonial curriculum, in the hands of the energetic and generally enthusiastic teacher, secures for tne scholars an allround education, which fits them for the battle of life much better than does the English one. The English one has, however, distinct advantages, and some that I am satisfied could be transplanted into our Colonial system with advantage." During their stay here Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have been practically over the United Kingdom and portions of the Continent. When travel began to pail, they took up house. They are now at Winrbledon, and have many friends there, so find the life generally congenial. Mr. Raymond has taken up j interests in British East Africa, and finds these and others ample, he says, "to prevent rust making its appearance." He took an -interest In the last general election in the United Kingdom, and spoke in various centres of England, Scotland, and Wales. "The experiences 1 met with," Mr. Raymond told mc, "were some of the most interesting during any period of my public life. Some months ago I was offered a seat not far from London in the Conservative and Unionist interests, but, recognising it as a seat that any candidate on our side can annex next election, I preferred to take on one that had to be fought for. Carlisle was unanimously offered •to mc by the local party, and I have accepted the nomination, so this will help to keep mc in form, and from ennui."