PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11460, 19 December 1902, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

«J (raou oue own correspondent.) LONDON, November 15. Mr J. Campbell, of South CauUibmy, has been in Engi&ud for some little time on business coun-eeted with lie iiti.'.jii unat tradt , . R-- has been sv.iing 1 is i.wn jnodtue to ;i grc;it exu-nc, mm i.LV.. 1 i<.1.1 li, bccll moil aUCCt-S-slul. (.illiJli ilUlholiilfS U/l uio iiiit, ne had le.nu.u liiu-.c t>l d>. , "anviu\lntsj>' oi Sinithne..l .--iiK. h. , lv.a bi.n iu-ie than any oiliu , .Ntw Zialaiui visitor loi" seme, yturs pa:-;.- Uo is iiv l.v uw;uis favourably nnpuwta by lac ukuhho of t;io tia'-i.. , in LuiKi-iii. mi v. uiipo.il, J k;uii, intends ittunuUg ik-.V. wi-.k iv ,\t\i ->ix .Hid Mis it. \V. sailed' i:oji> Southampton last- Mor.ci::y l;y t; - ,.> N\tii;i Wennan , : I.lcsser-Kwf ;■.;?., «;:i tlitii , way b;Kk U> Mt»v ZtM.aud Via. Au.-Ua-l!:i. Mr l-Aiznind tu.ri nu that ho had hopul to Ik , able ti> lvinain in Kiijr.and ior ;;l ita<; v year. lr.:i Mrs -Lisglanu lias not Lv:eii -n good hoakh, and it was iluiised adv.K.ihk , trial thty should return to tho colony. Ts:. y spejit Uitir tinu , Ik ie mainly hawrm ].«-ournemomh. ObiiCiSitijUiie, and V\ ,; ■ wkiishiio. Mr Engi.n.U. lo<>k-< Unv.aid .tn lvimning to mis cuuiitiy al some luui.*. , period. Mrs VV. I'ombfr Reeves and lx-r si&t-oi, Mrs Cecil LusceDes, fi"V<' nu ]>ka.s»nt ajul .succtsnfui ".Vt lioniis" ia.-( \Vt>dnt«ity at, their ie.sakjj«.e, i:2 Fiin"..- (.1 Wales Ttrraci-, Kvntingtcn. Hie guts.'' Wiie €.\clusiveJy prtsiiu or quuncbni afod m.i a most, enjoyable astanblaj,3 of o.d fritTitls torik pls*;e, uwsl ol thuee prudent being pnsonaliy ncquaint.. d wiili dim another. Am;>ni» tiicAt) wm> \ve\x tlicie I notioeu:—Mrs Cunningham .Smith.. Mr Gardiacr, Mr and *IVs Cariuiheis acd Miss Cavruthers, Mr r.nd Mrs Henry Mackenzie, Dr. Gernld Harprr, Mr and Mrs M,adockii. th» Misses Taaiucr, Mr and Mis Hare, Mrs Tancred, the Misses Woidtn. Mrs and Mi>s Wolf-Harris, Mr and Mrs W Kennaway and Miss Ki'nnaway, Mr 11, Yon Han*.t, Mr and Miss Vopel. Kir Walter Buller and Miss Bullvr Mrs Willes and tlie Misses Willos, Mi and Mrs F. A. Ansnn, Mr Acton-Adams, Mr aiul Mrs (ieorge Beitham, Miss H. \Vil Hams, Mr R. Oliver, Miss Mtllis'i, Mr and Mrs diaries Plutrazyn, Mrs Eous-Marten, Mr and Mrs Glyn and Miss Olyn, Dr. Hope Lewis and Mrs Hope Lewis, Mrs Duncan Cameron, Mr and Mrs George Huckley, Mr Arthur 11. Adams, M r and Mrs Kiinbdl and Miss Kimbell- Some agreo able muxic was contributed by an orchestra of ladies. Mrs Reeves and Mrs Las eelle« proved charming hostesses. Severn' friends who had been invited were unable t'j be present owing to absence from towi; or previous engagement v. These include; Mr and Mrs Azim Birch, Miss P. Studholme, Captain Gareia and Miss Gareia, Major W. Madocks, and Mra Godby Mr and Mrs Dymock and the Misses l)y----mock, Miss Aslicroft, Mrs and Worthy, the Rev. H. M. C Worthy. M) and Mrs Robertson, Mr and Mrs Eduninc T?arker, Cyril Parker, Sir Westby anc Lady Perceval, and JSiliss PercevnJ, Mr anc Mrs* J. B. Whyte, Mr-s Tanner, Mrs Hawkins and the Misses Hawkins, Mr and Mn Alan Scott, Mr Wolf Harris, the Missei Jervois, Mr and Mra Burchell, Mr and Mre Cathcart Wason, Mrs yon 'Htiost, Lad\ Vogel, Mr and Mrs Ottetson, Mr Willes Mr and the Misses Cohen, Mis «Fr(uioe« Hodgkins, Miss Dorothy Richmond, Mi H. P. Adams, Mis Robert Rhodes, Mr Levin, Mr and Mis H. B. Vogel, Mr and Mra C. H. Inglis, Miss M. 0. SWvddart, Mrs T. C. -WilliaiiM and Miss Una Williams, Mr Evan Macdona'.d, the Rev. Lyttet'.ton FitzGerald and Mi's F:tzGera!d, Colonel and Mrs Polc-Ptnton and Miss PoioPtntnn, Sir George Whitmore, Mi and Mrs Gordca, Mrs Campbell ard tht Misses Campbell, Miss Clark, Mrs Donald Misa Grigg, Mr Bruce, Mrs Donald. Mr Charles Hiorna «nd his sister, Miss Eleanor Hioms, left London on Thursday to join the Britannia on their outward voyage to New Zealand, via Australia. They say they have had a ds'iglitlul visit to thin country, and had a iwrticnli'riy nice time in Scotland* wh-ere there .stayed for rive weeks with various friends, and saw a great deal of tie country. Mr Hiorns has nrannp;d to get through, a good deal of business during hie visit, and ha« t< make a flying trip to Manchester the day before sailing for the colony. Recent callers at the New Zealand Apency General this week have been: — Mr William Marshall (Duoedin).'Mr F. Knowlee (Wellington), Mr C. V. Wallis (Gore), Mr A. W. Lewis, Dr. George Fo.i (Fiji), and Dr. W. H. Ovenden (Christchurch). On Wednesday last was celebrated, at St. Pettr'fi Cliurch, Cranley Gardens, the Rev. S. W- Swayiie, Vicar, the marriage of Captain Owen Francis, 6t>b Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), son of the lato Hon. J. Francis, of Airlie House. Melbonrne, for many years Premier of Vie tcria, with Miss Kathleen Mauiwell, oeconc daughter of the late H. Widenham Maun sell, 8.A., M.D., late of Dunedin, and o: Mis Maunsell, of 7 South street, Thurlw Square. The brills arrived at the churcl ,'t 2.30, accompanied by General Sir Fred crick Maunee':l, X.C.8., 8.J5. She was attended , . by Mast*r Liojiel Ansdell anc Miss Violet Ansdell, nephew and nieci of the bridegroom, as train-bearers, and b; the following biidesmaids:—Miss Maunsell and Miss Sybil Maunsell (sisters of the bride), Miss Stapleton, Miss Roma Hill James, and Miss May Edwtirdes (cousin of the bride). Captain Jo>hnstone (Carabineera) supported the bridegroom as best man. After the wedding a reception -wa* held by Mra Maunsell at 34a Emperor's Gate, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr fnd Mrs Edwardee. / Captain and Mrs Owen Francis left in the aftexivoon for Bo«----coinbe, Bournemoutli. About 200 guests attended the reception. The newly married pair -were the recipient* of some 169 coetly presents. I lie:it that Captain and Mr* Owen Francis will leave almost immediately for India. , Since the risit to Cardiff of Mr John Holmes Jie has been interviewed by t!:e leading morning papers, and in euiii<e';uencfof what appeared in the Press he has been visited by many merchants and trader*, w-lio are anxious to extend their trading with the colony, especially in butter, cheese and frozen meat. He inspected th<' large cold storage work at Cardiff, lias personally interviewed the large importers of butter, chee?e and frozen meat, and he learns with considerable interest that there in a growing demand for New Zealand pwduce in that thickly-populated part of the United Kingdom. Mr Holmes has lately been to Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sunderland, Glasgow, Leith, Edinburgh, and other manufacturing centres. In ail those cities he lias put forward the claims of New Zealand. Mr Holmes purposes visiting Bristol, Manchester. Liverpool, and then to return to London; after that he will probably sail for Xcv/ Zealand. An exhibition opens to-day at the Dore Gal'fTy in New Bond street of " pictures b.- the we'.l-known New Zealand arti«t, Miss Frances Hodykins." Report speak? very highly of these pictures.