NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 228, 26 September 1928, Page 17

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

THE PRINCE AND LORD JELLICOE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, August 21. Cowes remained the social focus much longer than usual. The King was there even, on the sacred twelfth, sacred to St. Grouse and on its eve Admiral of the Fleet the Earl and the Countess Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, Bt. and Lady Madden, Captain Francis Tottenham, R.N. (H.M.s. Rodney), and Lieutenant-Commander George Griffiths, R.N. (H.M.s. Selkirk) were among those who had the honour of dining with the King and Queen on board the Royal yacht. , A belated story of the British pilgrimage has come to hand. When the Prince of Wales and Lord Jellicoe were on their way to Boulogne from Ypres the crowd and the fraternisation were so remarkable that the Prince and the peer found themselves in a third-class carriage. Now a French guard gets just as excited over the presence of first-class passengers in a third-class compartment as an English guard does when it is the other way about. It had no soothing effect on him to be told who the distinguished travellers were. The agitation of the guard as he ran about muttering, "Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu," was pathetic. Mr. E. D. Andrews, the Cambridge blue, has been playing in the Derbyshire championships, where the feature of the men's singles was the victory of Farquharson, a fellow Cambridge blue, x'arquharson who owed his victory almost entirely to his brilliant volleying, won quite easily, the scores being (5—2, 6 —2. Crole-Rees in his turn defeated Farquharson, 3—6, 9—7, 6 —l. But Andrews was far from being on good terms with himself; he was hitting at the ball too soon to permit of proper body rotation, and the head of the racquet at the finish of the drive frequently pointed to the ground. Farquharson did not mind his opponent's curly service; it is a hard one that keeps low that bothers him most. Farquharson played beautifully on the volley, but off the ground he was not nearly so good. That he is open to be passed by the right shot was proved occasionally, but not often enough. Farquharson's ability to proceed so quickly and so often at the net was as much testimony to Andrew's weakness off the ground as to the winner's prowess. The men's doubles went to Crole-Rees and Andrews, who had not much difficulty with Mathers and Peters. Crole-Rees was steady, but not so convincing overhead as one has seen him. Andrews was excellent and angled his volleys well. Mathers made some fine strokes, but is not a doubles player. Peters was good at the net with acute short volleys, but his servicc was poor.

Rev. H. F. Ai4t, of Christchurch, who has been studying at the Livingstone College, Leyton, has lately been attending conferences of the Church Missionary Society and Student Christian Movement.

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Greener, of Alexandria, are going shortly on a sketching trip through Cyprus, and will camp out there in order to get material for larger works.

The Church of England Council of Empire Set Element, of which Lord Jellicoe is the president, and Sir George F. MacMunn, organising director, has been been engaged of late finding out boys in secondary schools wishing to go to New Zealand. The school year having come to an end in July, a large number of applications have been received, and it is anticipated that a party of fifty from all parts of Great Britain will leave next month for New Zealand.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shackelford, of Auckland, travelled Home via Australia and South Africa, where they disembarked at Durban and toured up country to Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein, and at Capetown embarked for England. They stayed first in London and then went to Hastings, Mr. Shackelford's boyhood home, as it was of the late Sir Henry Brett. They then toured the Midlands and Scotland. In Edinburgh they visited the War Memorial to Scottish regiments, and saw the memorial to Field-Marshal Earl Haig, which was being erected. Returning from Scotland they visited Yorkshire, and reached Liverpool in time for the Wesleyan Methodist Conference there, at which, as vice-president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand Mr. Shackelford was officially present with Rev. Frost and Rev. Speer, also New Zealand delegates. Mr. Shackelford was very pleased that the resolution calling for union was passed by fo splendid a majority. They returned to London to visit some Queensland friends and then went on to the Continent, visiting Lucerne, Lugarno, Locarno, Milan, Nice and Paris, and have just reached London again.

The lists have Just been issued by the War Office announcing- the results the March examination for promotion at stations abroad of officers in the various forces of the Empire. In all 152 candidates were successful, 100 lieutenants, 49 captains and three majors.

The successful officers in the New Zealand military forces comprise: Captain G. Dittmer, M.C.. New Zealand Staff Corps; Captain T. Farr, D.5.0., M.C., Royal New Zealand Artillery, and Captain W. Murphy, M.C., New Zealand Staff Corps. Five captains and three lieutenants in the Australian military forces also figured in the list: Captains W. W. Crellin, K. A. Hall, J. Mann, L. Richardson and E. G. B. Scriven, of Australian Staff Corps, and Lieutenants R. F. S. Beale, G. H. Dyke and K. M. Travis, also Australian Staff Corps.

Mr. A. L. Hutton, of Auckland, who is at present on a visit to England, spent an interesting week at C'owes during the rejratta. He was particularly impressed with the super.b handling of the twelve, eight and six metre yac*hts in the crowded waters of the Roads. His present plans point to a tour of Scotland, and later on the Continent. When the schools reopen after the summer holidays he proposes visiting schools in England and Scotland. Mr. Hutton expects to leave for New Zealand at the beginning of December.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Jones, of Auckland, have returned to London after a motor tour comprising North Wales and the spas of the Midlands. They have also visited many of the famous cathedral cities. After visiting Paris they intend to sail for Quebec' in the new C.P.R. liner, Duchess of Bedford, on September 21. They will spend eix weeks in Canada and United States oa their homeward journey.

Rev. James Ings, of Te Aroha, who has been representing New Zealand at various conferences, arrived in London recently with Mrs. Ings, after a delightful tour of Scotland, as well as a happy 10 days in Ireland. They expect to sail from Liverpool by the Ceramic _on August 18 for Melbourne via Africa. After a stay in Australia they go on to New Zealand, where they are due about the 2nd October.

Miss Ellie Maguire, of Auckland, left London early in August for a tour of the Continent. She spent some time in Paris, but the heat being intense, she stayed at Fontainebleu, where in the forest some relief from the sun was to be had. She has gone on to Luxembourg from which, as centre, it will be possible to make excursions into Belgium and Germany. Mr. V. Hilliam, of Auckland, is here on a pleasure trip. He proposes visiting friends and relations in London. Lincoln, Cheshire, Scotland and Wales. Mr. Hilliam will later visit the Continent, touring France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Rhine Valley.