NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 28, 2 February 1928, Page 20

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM

LONDON.

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

STUDENT ATHLETES,

(From Our Own Correspdndent.)

LONDON, December 23.

Sir James Farr, High Commissioner for New Zealand, and Lady Parr, are spending Christmas at Brighton. Their daughters, Miss Betty and Miss Christine Parr, left on Wednesday for Adelboden, Switzerland, with friends, for winter sports.

The members of the New Zealand High Commissioner's staff held their aunual Christmas social at the City Electric Restaurant, Ludgate Hill, on Tuesday evening, the 20th inst. The High Commissioner, Sir James Parr, attended, being welcomed on behalf of the club by Mr. C. A. Bunn, the honorary treasurer. Sir James made a happy little speech in reply, wishing those present a very merry Christmas time, and also expressing his gratification at the - general capability of his staff. He hoped, he said, that in the summer it would be possible for him to arrange for a "staff" outing, as was the Departmental custom in New Zealand. Later, Sir James officiated at the annual Chrhtmas "draw" and presented the prizes to the winners. The evening commenced with a whist drive of 12 hands, which was followed by refreshments. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing, songs, and a short sketch given by four members of the jtaff. A very enjoyable function concluded by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and the National Anthem,

t is 110 longer a secret that at the close of the great Albert Hall meeting of the Toe H birthday festival, at which the Prince of Wales launched an endowment fund for Toe H of £250,000, the Rev. P. JB. Clayton, the padre founder, collapsed on the way home to Tower Hill. He was found outside by some of the men who were making for its hospitable quarters, taken inside and put to bed, and only by dint of removing his clothes was hs prevented from getting up to tee that the chaps were being looked after. He ia .low In a nursing home.

Mr. E- Andrews, who, pr'er to leaving the Dominion, was admitted as a solid* tor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Perrin Skerrett, is continuing his legal studies at Jesus College, Cambridge. He won the Freshmen's singles tennis tournament, and, with E. B. Avpry, public schools champion of England, won the Freshers' doubles, and has also been playing for Cambridge in the 'Varsity matches. For the Freshmen's singles he holds the Coundale-Punnett Cup for the year. He has also been invited to play for Queen's Club, London, on the covered court# against the Dulwich Club. Mr. Andrews, who won the New Zealand lawn tennis championship in Auckland in December, 1826, has been devoting a good deal of his time to squash racquets, and played first string for Cambridge both against the M.C.C. at Lord's and in the Cambridge-Oxford inter-'Varsity match played at Queen's Club, so that he has done rather well for his first term. He was also an entrant for the English amateur squash racquet championships, played at Bath Club, There were 64 entrants, among whom was H.R.H, the Prince of Wales,

Mr, W. 0- Kalaugher, of Auckland, who is at Balliol College, Oxford, is spending the Christmas vacation in London. On Saturday, December 8, Mr. Kalaugher was chosen to represent Oxford against Cambridge in the 480 yards high hurdle relay race,

Mr, G. H. R. Young, who came to England last January with tlio intension of becoming a playwright, has now settled in London. Since he has been 111 London he lias written two plays, one of which, a farcical comedy entitled "Just As You Say, Dear," is to be produced at the "Q" Theatre on January 10, Plans are well ahead for production, and a big success—followed by a transference to the West End—is anticipated. Mr, Young, whose home town is Auckland, though he has spent much time in Wcstport, Nelson and Wellington, is the grandson of Mrs. T, Fair, of Wellington.

Mr. E, W. Howard, of Auckland, is here on a visit combining business with pleasure. He hopes to make a tour of the Midland districts in order to learn something of the latest engineering methods.