NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10482, 21 October 1899, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME.

♦ (FBOil OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON. September 1. Mr W. A. Logan, of Wellington, who landed from the Morayshire in June last, arrived in time to sit for the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. examinations, in which he was successful. After having spent a few weeks in Scotland -be has settled down at 8 Merrick square, so as to be near Guy's Ho-pital. Mr Logan will probably prolong his stay here.for sojne.months. Mr and -Mrs Joseph Gilbert, who left Christahurch more than six months ago, are intending to return to the colony by the Kakanui, which leaves here on the 14th inst. Mr and Mrs Gilbert have divided their rime in.t_u»country chiefly between London and Cornwall, where they have been visiting relatives and friend.. Mrs Gilbert is now in much better heailth than recently. A quiet wedding of some interest to New Zealanders took place at St. Mary Abbott's w-iurch, Kensington, on the 29bh ', August, when Mr Heinrich Ferdinand yon j Haast, eldest son of the late Sir Julius yon : Haast, was marrJed to Miss Helen Leishman, r eldest daughter of Mr James Leishman, of Broomrigg, Mirboo North, Gippsland, Vie- j toria. The bride was given away by her j uncle, General Leishman, and Mr F. G. j _.-»i( -yvas best man. After the ceremony a reception was held by Miss Leishman, the J.

■bride's aunt, at her flat, St. Alban's Man- J i sions. The honeynioon will be spent in 11 Scotland. The bride ware a wnite satin I j gown trimmed with chiffon and lace, a tulle ] veil arid a wreath of natural flowers in lier ] hair. Her going-away dress was of peri- \ winkle _-_c foulard, trimmed with rows of * narrow -tack velvet, and a black directoire j bat with marguerites and periwinkle-coloured . -tips. Miss nida Spong, who was so well known I in New Zealand a lew years ago, and of ■ whom "Australasians are" so proud," as is - said here, is shortly going to America, where she will tour ime United States, going aa far west as Sam Francisco. Viscourt Kelburne, the eldest son of Lord and Lady Glasgow, has been invalided home from the Mediterranean. He arrived on board H.M.S. Ramihes on Friday last, , and now lies in the Royal Naval Hospital, * at Stonehou_e. Lady Glasgow is staying at ' Admiralty House, Devonport, so as to be * near her son. Viscount Kelburne made 1 himself very popular while he was in the < Australasian station, both as the son of a . governor and as a naval officer, aa well as of a A polo-player. > Mr W, P. Reeves was back at Victoria 1 street for a few days this week, but he J speedily found tbe weakness consequent on i his recent illness telling upon him. In fact . ■ he found after about two hours, ocasecutive ■ I work that he felt thoroughly exhausted, although Its week's trip to France with M.3 ] Reeves and his children did ham a great ' deal of good. He has left town again to spend a fortnight at Leamington with bis 1 uncle, Mr Pember, Q.C. j | Mrs Reeves is «_» recovering, but vary ; slowly. She hem, in fact, been seriously ill with pneumonia. On returning to London ' she consulted a doctor, whose verdict was < favourable, and who held out the hope that ' she would be able to waiter in London. If, , liowever, she is not quite recovered by . • November, arrangements will have to be ' made for -her to spend the coining winter • ■ nlotrths in a less rigorous climate. i | By the _._. Kumara, whith sailed for the i : colony yesterday, the seven no-t-commis- j ' trioned officers appointed to act for three i ] years as drill sergeants to the New Zealand |' Forces. Mt London. They are: Colour- ] Sergeants Taylor, F. Fa-thing. A. Cheuter, ; and Sergeants W. Sanderson. W. Hoare, < W. Hoare, and H. Peacaci. Mr and Mrs John M'Kenzie and Miss | j M-Kenzie are still in Scotland, and, judging j_ro_Q recent letters, Mr M'Kenzie appears ■to be progressing in convalescence quite aa J rapidly as could be expected. It is likely, »• ; I think, that be will reserve himself aa mn-h * | as possible until he gets back to the colony; " j this in -view of the general election. < i Tba-Urv. T_wi___,_Tavellia, for tha second 1

j tune, spmding his holidays at Chaplain for i.. , G - at ifurren. in" Switzerland. He j writes to mc that he had "a splendid jour- , j nev *«»» a brother parson to Lucerne, and | I £, t<>ur througa the GrimseU Pass and the I • Rhone glacaa." Mrs and"Miss Flavell have been staying tQ jdative. at Hedingham ~-m ii m tae nort,n of Essex, where Mrs Flavell still remains. Miss Flavell has now gone to visit her cousin, Mrs El-dale, at^ Maidstone, in K«___t. Miss Flavell, in spite \ of her illness, did very well in her last , examination, gaining second-class honours. 1 She will begin to prepare for her final examination in December next, after which she expects to take up her residence as a student at Cambridge. Yesterday I had a visit from Mr Allison Smith, who was looking wonderfully well and vigorous, and not a day older than when I last saw him in Melbourne nearly seven > years ago. He has come Home with the • full intention of remaining permanently, and of entering upon the energetio practice of his profession. His high reputation as an able and enterprising mechanical engineer had preceded him to England, and I anticipate that he will speedily have a very good position in this country. Even in this short time he has received a very tempting offer of a high engineering post. It wilY interest many people in New Zealand, including all who travelled by the White Star steamer, lonic, a lew years ago, to learn that her commander in those days, Captain Cameron', has been appointed to command the gigantic new steamer Oceanic, recently built by the White Star line, which begins her first passage across the Atlantic to-morrow. Ifc* -will be remembered that Captain Cameron married the third daughter of the late Mr John Martin, M.L.C., of Wellington. j Mr Boag I hear has definitely decided to leave by the s.s. Wakaaui. He has been paying visits to City friends during the last few.days. It was stated yesterday in an Anglo- ' Colonial weekly paper that Mr J. G. Ward had "triumphantly accomplished the object of his visit to this country," and that "Not j only* has he settled in full with his creditors here, but so strong is their sense of the uprightness which Bas characterised his business relations with them, that they have ! made Mrs Ward the recipient of a very hand- ! some token of their, appreciation of her hus- \ band's honourable procedure." It is further stated that "Mr Ward has made arrangements which will enable him to carry on his j commercial concerns on an extended scale, ; and, at the same time, to devote that attention to public affairs for which he is so | eminently fitted." | J Mr Ward, since he has been in England i

this time, has proved almost inaccessible, * at any rate virtually unget-at-able; no doubt _ in consequence of the close attention and ' large amount of time required by his special buriness. Therefore, I can only forward to you the information which has evidently been specially communicated to the paper from which I quote.