PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 161, 9 July 1926, Page 13

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT.

S T EW HIGH COMMISSIONER ARRIVES

(From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON, June 4. The arrival of Sir James and Lady Pair with their daughters, the Misses M. E. and C E. Parr, on Sunday morning, attracted a crowd of New Zealanders to Waterloo Station, where Sir James and Lady Allen met them officially. Among those who met the new High Commissioner were Colonel de Satge (representing Mr. Amery) Mr. Parkinson (representing the Dominions Office) Sir Francis Bell, Mr. A. Crabb (secretary New Zealand Government), Mr. H. T. B. Drew (Publicity Department), Messrs.! Chas. Hoklsworth, Brazur Sir Jas. Mills, being absent, was reprc-j sented by his son, Messrs. Moss Davie. Chas. M. Nathan, and many others. Mr. Maughan Barnett, of Auckland, is sailing to-day by the Tainui. Tlie strike upset his plans very materially, and among his pleasant fixtures which had to be cancelled was a luncheon to be given for him in Liverpool, in order that he might meet the Liverpool City Organist. He had intended paying a visit of some length to St. Leonards, which he knew well when he lived in England, but unfortunately was only able to motor over for a day from Bickley, whero he was staying with relatives. Mrs. Barnett is remaining on in England, and is at present staying with Air. and Mrs. Howard Williams, in Bickley. Mr. R. (J, Buekleton, of Wellington, is shortly completing his year's service in the Bank of Xew Zealand in London, he having taken up the position at ]. Queen Victoria Street, in July of 192.1, lie came to England in April of Hint year, and so had three months' to see England and some of the Continent, which he did very thoroughly by car with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buekleton, who were in England last year. On leaving the bank at the end of June, Mr. R. G. Buekleton, with some New Zealand friends proposes io make a 4000 mile motor tour of England, Scotland and Wales.

Sir James Allen has been visiting Portsmouth to inspect the ratings sent from New Zealand to the naval schools there. He spoke to all of them individually, and ascertained how they were liking their life. They all expressed themselves as satisfied, but a few points were brought up which the High Commissioner duly noted, and will ask the authorities to inquire whether they may be adjusted. It is one of the many apparently trifling pieces of work which a High Commissioner can do, to take a personal interest in the lads' progress, when they are here so far from home and parents. Sir James Allen also visited Eothamsted Research Station, and there met with a most cordial reception from the authorities. The High Commissioner is very anxious to establish co-operation between this so-famous station and similar establishments in New Zealand, and he has written to the New Zealand Government with a view to furthering such co-operation so essential to a progressive system of agriculture. He suggested at Rothamsted that arrangements might be made so that they could take in from New Zealand men who could do post-graduate research here, and every sympathy was given to the idea. Sir Thornaa Mackenzie and his daughter, Mrs. Macdonald, are leaving on the Ilth for Norway on a trip to the fiords. Both are feeling the need of a change and rest very much after the long illness of the late Lady Mackenzie. Mr. T. M. Wilford, so long the leader of the Liberal party in the Dominion, was also a delegate to the International Parliamentary Congress, and the London "Star," writing of his vis-it, says: "The Hon. T. M. Wilford, Father of the House of Representatives, and for many years leader of the Liberal party in New Zealand, is in London spending a quiet holiday and recovering from a nervous breakdown. 'Tom,' as he is affect ionally known throughout the Dominion, has with him his daughter Isabel, who is a talented and versatile actress, and has played important roles in 'Peg o' My Heart,' 'The Cat and the Canary,' 'The Bat,' and in Moseoviteh's Shakespearean productions at the Antipodes." At the last meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute the following New Zealandcrs were elected members: Miss Helen I. Crooke (Marton), Miss F. M. Crooke (Marton}, Mrs. E. Carey Hill (Cliristchurch), Mr. Henry S. Lawrence, Mrs. M. Myers (Chris'tchurch), Mr. Horace Rose (Ohristchurch). The Hon. W. H. Triggs, M.L.C, and Mrs. Triggs have arrived in England. They landed at Marseilles from the P. and 0. liner Cathay, and had a pleasant ramble through the Riviera, Italy, Switzerland and France, spending some time in the chateau country, Barbizon and Paris. They hope to see a good deal of rural England and Scotland and have just had an enjoyable jaunt into Hampshire in quest of the nightingale, which they were fortunate enough to hear. Mr. Triggs. who is a member of the New Zealand Board of Health, and is accredited by the Minister of Health, proposes to make some inquiries into public health matters while he is in England. Mr. and Mrs. Triggs have booked a cabin in the Ruahine leaving here for New Zealand on September 24 Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mulgan, of Auckland, spent a most delightful Whitsun at Oxford where they were the guests of Mr. F. A. Taylor, "formerly of Auckland, who is now a Don at Christchurch. They then went on to Cambridge where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Coulton. Mr. Coulton is a Fellow of St. Johns, Cambridge. They found Oxford and Cambridge indescribably fascinating. The last few days of May they spent in Wales. Mr. A. E. Lamb, Director of the School of Engineering at University College, Auckland, has arrived with Mrs. Lamb. After six months in the British Isles, they intend to visit France. During his travels Mr. Lamb will see some of the university engineering schools and manufacturing works. Colonel Esson, Mr. Poison, and Mr. Cox, the members of the New Zealand Royal Commission on rural credits, who have been travelling extensively on the Continent, and have now finished their investigations in England, return to New Zealand on May 29.

Mr. G. S. Amos, who has been London buyer for Messrs. Ross and Glendining for the last seven years, is returning to New Zealand. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Amos and their two daughters. Mrs. Wm. Ware, of Auckland, is ,taying just now at the Hotel Somerset. She came Home by the Ruapehu, arriving at the end of March, and since then she has spent most of her time with relatives in Northwood, Middlesex, and others, wlio live in Shropshire and Cornwall. Mrs. Ware managed to get back to London on the first day of the strike, and she will remain hero until fhe end, ol June. In

July she is going to visit the English Lakes, Scotland and Isle of Man, with her brother, Mr. John Fairburn, of Wanganui. Mr. and Mrs. J. Marsden Caughey, of Auckland, leave for New Zealand in July after a visit to the Continent. Mr. H. E. Beaton, of Northcote, is on a business trip to England in connection with a patent, and is now in Bristol. He came here by the Ormonde. Mi - . L. B. McGoverne, of Dunedin, who is in the R.A.F. in Egypt, has obtained his "wings," and has been officially gazetted as pilot-officer. After being at Heliopolis he is now at Aboukir, and expects to go later to Mesopotamia. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Darley of Remuera, and Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Darley, 'of Pahiatua, arrived by the Ormonde. They are interested in pastoral and agricultural affairs, and will sec all they can. Mr. E. Darley is a wellknown contributor to Turf Notes to "The Weekly Press," and 'New Zealand Referee," and will attend a number of race meetings while over here.