PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 102, 29 April 1912, Page 8

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

. : NEW ZEALAXDERS , DOINGS ABROAD. (From Our Special corrcspouacnt.) LONDON, March l:i. [ The will of the late Lord Stanmorc. i j who, as Sir Arthur Gordon, was (iover- > I nor of Xew Z»-alan.l in ISSCV2. was ! prove.! this week. His lord-h.p. who Idled on January :50th last, at tli.- ripe ] old ajrp of S-J. laid up v jrood deal ot i treasure on earth. He left tstar ■ <•; the ;<rro« value of £142.2!'7. of which tJie ; net personalty lia_- been sworn at £ 1:50.- ---■ 020. Subject Co various spei-irk , and ' pecuniary b(><|Uc->ts. 1 ord -Stanmore let: ; the residue of his property to h:< son. the Hon. George Arthur Mauric Hamilton (;ordon (now Lord >tanmoroi. at> i solutely. ! ■ ; ifr=. M. K. Forte and her son. Mr. C. P. Fortr. of Auckland, have, sinie their arrival in Italy, broil staying- with Mrs. : Forte's daughter. Mrs. Harp, in Lon.i n. ■ but have now {rone to Hove, where they , purpose spending the next few months. ' I-iter Mr. Forte will vi-it al! the pr.n- | • c;pal art galleries on the C<int'n nt. and , ?.lr.-. Forte intends to pay vis.ts in van- 1 j 011- parts of England. They will make a [ long stay in the Old Country, ; Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Watson, who hive | spent the last month in London. I. ft tor ; a short holiday in JJru.-.-t-N to-day. Mrs. Woo.!-, n-e Ml-s Rubi Scildon. of i New Zealand, was to have been pre- 1 I sente.l at one of tin* Lenten Courts by j I the Marchioness of Crewe, but owing to I lan accident her name »as unfortunately not submitted in time. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kidd, of Auck- | : land. leave Liverpool to-morrow hy th , * ! ! Mauritania fur New York, ;-nd will ! journey thpnee by way of Chicago and | . Winnepejr to Vancouver, where they will j ] join the Zealandia, which is due to reach j I New Zealand on or i'bout May 7th. Dr. W. M. Grattan Guinnes=. of Auek- ! iand, who arrived in this country re- , ! cpntlv. left on Wednesday for Dublin | j but exports to return to London in a I few duys. The only New Zealand lady presented ; at Court last week was Miss Marie I Rhodes, who was under the chaperonase j of Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, and who wore a frown of white satin charmeuse wi*-.h a ! ! train of white satin lined with shirred , white chiffon with sprays of orchids all \ down one side. Lord Plunket. New land's late Go*- ' ! ernor, is to be one of the speaker; at the I annual meeting of the British Women's 1 Kmi;rration Association next week, with Earl Grey in the chair. Lady Ranfurly -was presented st Court j last week, and wore a silk gownj I embroidered in dianiente and bordered | i with black velvet, with a black velvet j ; Court train. ; Lady Eileen Knox. her daughter, was !in white satin, -completely veiled in jewI elled net, with a train of silver brocade. Miss Mina C'aldow, of Dunedin and Wellington, was one of the soloists at the Irish Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on St. Patrick's Eve, when one of her songs, " The Minstrel Boy, -, was accompanied by Mr. Reginald Clarke, also of N.Z. Mrs. and Miss Hayes, of Canterbury, New Zealand, are at present in Florence. Mr. E. J. Earlly and his brother, of I Auckland, arrived in London, via Naples, j and have spent the last four weeks in \ Naples, the Riviera, Varseilles and Paris. | The principal object of Mr. Earlly'3 visit ' is to consult London and Berlin | ists concerning a longstanding throat I trouble. Mr. W. M. Earlly is making the | trip chiefly on business. They expe.'t to leave London in about a fortnight for t> 1 -ix-weeks" trip to the Continent, then | return to New Zealand via America, Japan, China and India. Rev-ent callers at the High Commissioner's office:— Mr. R. Blow (Wellington), ; Mr. S. Kirkcaldie ( Wellinjrtonl, Mr. and' Mrs. W. (ran (Dunedin*. Mr E. -I. Karliy j 1 Auckland!. Dr. P. Mack in (Wellington), Mrs. D. Robertson (Wellington 1. Mr. N. Dougherty ( Wellingtoni. Mr. ■!. Proctor (Napier). Mr. T. Sooble 1 Napier). Mr. Howeli (Auckland). Miss C. Crag 1 Wellington). '