PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 14

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(raosi ovr owx corrispokdbitt.) LONDON, October 23. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe, Lady Jellicoe, and two of their daughters visited the New Zealand Pavilion. at "Wembley a day or two ago, and were received by Mr A. F. Roberts. They dined with 31 r Roberts at the Garden Club, and afterwards the party attended the Military Tattoo. Lord Jellicoe was so impressed with the performance of tho Royal Air Force that ho expressed a wish to tende r his congratulations to them. Members of tho Force were drawn up after tho performance and Lord Jellicoe addressed them briefly, complimenting them on tho excellence of their work. The King has approved of the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Webb, K.C.M.G., C.8., to be president, arid Flag-Officer commanding ttie Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in succession to Vicc-Admiral Sir G. P. "W. Hope, K.C.H., K.C.M.G., to date from Febru-ary-27th. 1923. isiir-Richard "Webb.was director of the Trade Division, Admiralty War Staff,, during the first three vears of the war. He commanded fI.M.S. New Zealand in tho Grand Fleet, 1917-18. and afterwards acted as Assistant High Commissioner to Turkcv. From 191Z0-2c? he was Rear-Ad-miral of the Fourth. Rattle Squadron, and iSoeond- during the latter part of that period. Later he became Secoud-in-Command of the Mediterranean Station, and last winter was lent to the Greet Government to make an inspection of thetr naval defences and to report upon thern. Sir< Richard lectured at tho Royal United .Service Institution last season on "Trade-Defence iu "War." Lord and Lady Islington left London, yesterday for Paris. Colonel iand the Lady Victoria Braithwaite, who have been touring in Italy, expect to reach London in a few diws' time. They will remain in. town for a little while before going to their home at Denham; Buckinghamshire. Mr C. J. Mackenzie, Assistant Kngi-reer-in-Chief. to the New Zealand Public Works Department, returned to London this week from a tour in the North of England and Scotland. Ho visited, among other places. Sheffield, Manchester, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Lincoln, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inverness. He went through many of the most important factories in these'centres where material for New Zealand is produced, and he was interested in the latest, methods employed. Road construction matters also occupied Mr Mackenzie's attention, and he Is jvery much struck with the new road from Inverness to Perth. At Nottingham, too, he saw the latest methods in use, arid he has gleaned a great deal of information that will be useful for New Zealand. Up-to-date details in iconnexion with tramway matters and motor-bus traction have provided him, with a good deal of matter for thought. Tnroughout his tour Mr Mackenzie was. everywhere received with the utmost courtesy and every possible assistance was given to him to see all that ho wanted. At Darlington ho saw in. course of construction the work on a big contract that is being carried out for the Dominion. Mr James Mason, Railway Commissioner, returned to London yesterday alter further investigation in the Midlands. His stay in the Mother Country will shortly be brought to a close and, en route to New Zealand, four weeks will be spent in the United States and Canada. Among the passengers by the Remuera leaving for New Zealand this week is Captain H. J. F. Mills, son of Sir

James Mills. Captain Mills has for some years been on the staff in London of the New Zealand Shipping "Company. , and ho has lately been appointed secretary to tho company. He is going out i to Now Zealand on a short visit to make ; himself acquainted with the operations i of the company in the Dominion, and ; to set up-to-dato knowledge of New j Zealand generally. i Other passengers hooked by tho same j ship include Captain Sir Charles and ! T/adv Campbell, and Mr and Mrs J. C. j N. Crigg. Mr If. T. B. Drew (Government Publicity Officer) will visit Northern Ireland this week with a view to interesting i tho people thcro in tho migration to | New Zealand of farm labourers, and domestic servants. Ho will lecture at Portadnwn, Dnngannon, Belfast, Londonderry. Coleraine. Magherafelt, and Ballymena. and wiTI show films and lantern slides dealing with lifo and sce.nerv in the Dominion. ; Mr 'I/. J. Comrie. Ph.D. date, of j Auckland University College and of St. j John's College, Cambridge), has been ' appointed sin assistant in the Nautical j Almanac Office. Mr Comrie was award- j ed an N.Z.E.F. Scholarship in 1919, j taking Mathematics and 1921 ho was elected to an Isaac Newton j studentship for the encouragement of study and research in Astronomy and I Physical Optics (valued at. £2OO a year for three years). Mr F. M. B. Fisher has been playing in the Covered Courts Tennis Championships. In the Singles he beat C. H. Campbell in. the lirst round, Major G. Aylmer in the second, and F. It. Scovel in tho third. Unfortunately, when the fourth round was to be played Mr Fisher was suffering from a bad cold, and, not feeling strong, lie scratched to G. R. 0. Crole-Rees, who is considered %o have been lucky, for the New Zealander had been playing well. Mr .Fisher and D. M. Grcig wero partners in the Men's Doubles, but wero beaten in tlie second round. Mr and Mrs Walter Parkinson and Miss Parkinson (Kaitnna, Canterbury) have spent, a very pleasant time motoring through England. Scotland, and Ireland, covering altogether some 7000 miles. .They are now on the Continent, staying at Geneva. The South of France is nest to he visited, and then Italv. Afc Naples, Mr Parkinson will join the Ormuz on November Bth'on his return to New Zealand, but Mrs and Miss Parkinson, with Miss Coop, will i come l>ack to London after seeing someI thing of Spain," and other parts of France. Mr T. B. Reid, who lately returned from 7\ew Zealand, has sold his Newmarket home. Barrstead Manor, to Mr H. E). Morriss, because he and Mrs Reid found the distance was too far away from London, especially in view of the approach of winter. Mr Reid hopes to find a suitable property within easy reach of the metropolis. Captain G. B. Parkinson, Royal New Zealand Artillery, until recently Officer-in-Charge of Harbour Defences at Auckland, has joined at Woolwich, and started, his course of studies at the Royal Artillery College. Mr Ross D„Wood (Christchurch), who is gaining business experience with a •well-known firm at Bath, is still a keen participant in amateur athletic fixtures. His best performance recently was at Weston-super : Mare, when he won the mile in 4min 26sec, from his handicap. During the season he got four firsts, and one event for which lie entered at Bristol had a hundred contestants. At the suggestion of Lady Peirse, Mr Wood has decided to join the Old English Folk Dancing Men's Team again this -winter. Last winter this team won a competition afc Frome, Somerset. Lady Peirse is president ,of tho Bath Club and District, and iier husband, Sir- Eichard Peirse, 3s treasurer. Lord Marchamley died this week at his London residence, after n short illness. Before his elevation to the peerage lie was Mr George White-ley, Chief Liberal Whip-from 1905-8. His elder son, Major the Hon. W. T. Whitclcy, who succeeds to the barony, is 38 years of age, was educated at Eton, and Hertford College, Oxford, and was High Sheriff of Southampton in 1921: He married Margaret Clara, younger daughter of Mr Thomas Scott Johnstone, of Glenmark, Waipara, New Zealand, and has a son and a daughter. In his early life the late peer was in partnership as a cotton spinner with his brother, now Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, and he had also at one time a large brewing interest. He married, in 1881, the only child of the late Mr William Tattersall, tho wealthy brewer of Quarry Bank, Blackburn. Lady Marchamley died some years ago.

Recent callers at the High Commissioner's office included, Mr and Mrs Stronach Paterson (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs S. Peter Hope (Timaru), Mra E. A. Wiokcs and Miss D. Wickes (Greymouth), Miss O'Brien (Blenheim), Mrs C. N. Orbcll and the Misses G. F. and M. L. Orbcll (Timaru), and Mr W» G. Wedderspoon (Christchurch). Saloon passengers who have booked to New Zealand 'by the Remuera arc:— Colonel B. M. Blcmnerhassett, C.M.G., Captain H. J. F. Mills, Captain D. A. V. Reynolds, Sir Charles E. and Lady Campbell, Mr and Mrs W., 0. Campbell, and' Masters J. R. and W. M. Campbell, Mr and Mrs J. C. N. Grigg, Mr and Mrs E. J. Herrick, Mr and Mrs F. Logan, Mr and Mrs IS, 'Salmond and Master G. Salmond, Mr and Mrs H. S. Sharp, Miss E. R. and Master D. 11. Sharp, Mr and Mrs Marcus Smith'and. Miss I. Smith, Mr and Mrs W. Allison, Mrs R. Alpar and Masters P. and J. Alpar, Mr and Mrs W. T. Bell, Masters W. J. and W., and the Misses P., A., and J. Bell, Mr and Mrs S. Dalgleish, the Rev. L. B. Dalby and Miss J. Dalby, Mr and Mrs F. Lea, Master P. J. and the Misses P. B. and I). G. Lea, Mr and Mrs J. E. Long, Mrs B. M.MMartyr Mastern r Master C. and Miss G. C. Martyn, the Misses F. de T. and G. W. Sampson, Mr and Mrs T. Smith, Mr and Mrs J. H. R. Spicer, and Miss M. L. Spicer, Dr. and Mrs J. Stevrart and Master W. H. Stewart, Mr and Mrs F. C. Symes, Mrs F. L. Whitworth, Master IT. L. and Miss F. M. Whifworih, Mr and Mrs A. A. Wright, the Misses J. M. and P. J. Wright, the Misses S. and D. E. Yewdall, Mesdames 0. Cowlishaw, E. M. Crawhall-Wilson, A. L. Greenhough, E. M. Lane, Craig Lang. Lodcn. i. B. Reynolds, A. G Stratfon, Stratton. 11. Broadfoot, B. e! Calderbnnk. C. Cameron. M. K. Chandler, J. Gregory, E. y. Heir-Turner, G Livingstone, A. C. Moore, Iv. Morris, F Richardson. M. Rowe, M. L. Tacon M T Twecdie. K. A. Uphill, M. Yanes,M.V Whitaker, the Misses M. Burrell. C.'M'" Cowan, B. Johns. .7. K. Lee, M. West V Bishop. E. M. Chevnc, M. Cuthill' B Dowdall. C. H. Ellis, M. B. Fish, h' w" Fisher, G. Fitzgerald, C. Haves, E Hi]]' A. Huggins, F. M. Keir, E. M. Mc-Miken' Jr. A NYdcock, Messrs S. A. do l a R ue ; M. 0 BriPi,. A. B. Smith, W. Tatman W. \\. « arpenter, C. Clark, F. Dishwoodl \\. Francis A. G. P, Hollowav, J. Mcllvcen, C. W. 8. Parker, W 6 Parsons, P. H. Pitts-Tucker F* s' Salinger, and A. W. Webb. ' '" There arc 462 third-class passengers -