NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 September 1925, Page 15

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. BOTAITY'S VISIT TO EABI, JELLICOE. BOYS' BRIGADE AT KELKERRAN. (rrom Our Special Correspondent.) LOXDON", August 12. Amnist and the summer holidays are i, e rp Still London is not empty so mucn Sillj as it is suppose,! to be for there are more visitors t&aa have been known'since-well, you ran supply the date At a bi S shop in the W«t End we were told they had not known' so busy a season for a long time. Socrety, of course, flrst disported itee lf after Goodwood, at Cowes, and all the world and his wife were to be seen promenading on shore and on the deck of the pretty craft which sailed the *Lord and Lady Jellicoe and their family went to St. Lawrence, near Ventnor. their place in the Tsle of Wight, and will be there some time. On Friday a large company at the Squadron Grounds for tea, and again at nifht for the display of fireworks. T he Queen landed at East Cowes in the afternoon, and vrent motoring in the i=land Her Majesty visited the Earl and Countess Jellicoe. and stayed to tea On the following day Lord and Ladr Jellifoe dined with Their Majesties "on board the Britannia, which by the way hasn't had much luck this year on The* water. She is however, fo be very thoroughly overhauled before another season. "The Britannia and the Westward are both craft for heavy seas. This is the season when every sort of club searches for the simple life under the open skies of even our moist climate. The Ayr Boys Brigade has itsannual camp this month and for the eleventh year in succession it has enjoyed this experience at Kelkerran, Sir "Charles Fergusson"s place in. Carrick, that district in -rt-Mcb. are laid the 'scenes of Buchan's thriller "Thirtynine Steps." They are camped on a wooded knoll covered with fir trees — ; ideal spot for the gentle art of the camp fire. Sir James Allen gave a, luncheon afc the Cecil in honour of Sif Frank Heath, of the Department of Scientific Research. At the instance of Sir James, the New Zealand Government had invited Sir Frank, who is leaving shortly for Australia on an official mission, to extend his tonr to the Dominion. The High Commissioner invited to meet Sir Frank a number of New Zealanders interested in the objecte of his mission. They included Sir Andrew Russell, Mr. B. C. Aston (New Zealand Government Analyst), Mr. H. A. Reid (formerly Veterinary Inspector in New Zealand 1 ), Mr. Ronald Harvey (Consulting Ertgifleer to the New Zealand Government), Dr. C. Hicks and Mr. R. S. Forsyth (N-ew Zealand Meat Board representative in London). Mr. and Mrs. F. A. AUom haver left ' to join the' M doJtan srt Marseilles. They will make a s-taiy of »bo"nt a month in Australia before going on to New Zealand. Mr. Allom is a member of the Pacific Cable Board.

Lord Islington, who has b6en seriously ill in Paris, k now very Brack, "better: He is able .to ;|ravel aitdv arrived day at KneTiEaroak." Haß"- where Sir" Edward and the' Hon. Lady.Qrigg are staying. Quite a number of New Zealariders have gone to Dublin for the Horse Show, which this year ias been a. record. The dresses were wonderful and only beaten as to quality by the horses and horsemanship. Irisb farmers are gratified at the large prices secured for horses which this year, the experts declare, are in magnificent condition, especially the hunters. Women werV ; conspicuous in the salerooms all day, and were bidding as briskly as the men. This years show is considered a triumph for the horse-breeding industry in Ireland. "Mr. and Mrs. Amery attended as the guests of Mr. Tim Healy, the Governor-General, a public mark- eft Mr. Amery's new dignity, Secretary of 1 State for the Dominions. The . Earl of Clarendon hae been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary for the new Department of Dominion Affairs. He has the advantage of a close acquaintance with: one of tie Overseas Dominions. Before he succeeded to the earldom, (which, he did in 1914) he had settled in Ontario with nia wife and her brother, Lord Somere, as fruit farmers. He still own 3 a small estate there, and visits it occasionally. We are assured by Sir James Allen, the High Commissioner, that there are do New Zealand soldiers buried in the cemeteries at Laventie, which the French. Communal authorities are closing, although the N.Z.E.F., it ia true, were in action not far away at Araentieres. The Commtme of Laventie, around which the war graves tremble has arisen, has been remembered I in 'both poetry and painting. Eric H. Sennington, in 1916, painted "The Kensingtons at Laventie," in which he depicted a few of his comrades in their Darn, in a painting described by an authority as "a great technical achievement and a noble memorial of British fortitude." Wyndham Tennant, in between periods of fighting, wrote a stirring poem, "Home Thoughts in Jjaventie."

rJP 6 Universitie s are issuing their tots of passes and honours, and among wep the following old boys of Auckland University College were successful in examinations at Cambridge last month: «■ R. Beattie, 8.A., LL.B. (N.Z.), J. B. Whott. and J. X. Peart, B.A. (SZ). A *-« exhibition for inter-collegiate examination was awarded to H. E. W. Roaert»n, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Robert H. Baxter, M.B. (N.Z.>, was emitted a member of the Royal College w Physicians; Mr. C B. Andrae, Guys Hospital, gained the diploma of M.R.C.S. at the i ast Cambridge Medical Degree conferment. H. V. Coverdale was one « the successful candidates. Mr. X, E. auchanan. Balliol. obtained his final Honours in jurisprudence at Oxford. Jliss Mona C. Hay. of Auckland, is in stayin? at Pembridge Gardens, leit Xew Zealand by the Aorangi in and spent a month in Honolulu, wo months in Canada, and left Montreal on July 2 witfi a tourins party organised by the Overseas Education £eague for Great Britain and the Continent. They leave this week for Antwerp, and the tour comes to an end in the end of August. But Mis 3 aav intends to stay on in France for a sttort ttme before returning to W visit relations and friends. She has not yet fixed on a date for returning to Zealand, but it will probably be wxm after Christmas. Mr and Mrs. Preston Chambers, of Auckland, who have been over some time Bow with their two sons, have been, curing the Continent and the Old J-ountry, are now. leaving for the. Scratb-<-oast of England and Ireland.