PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18669, 19 April 1926, Page 3

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(FROM OVa OIVI COBBISFOSnJI.NT.) LONDON, March 10. On March Sth. his Majesty received in audience the Lord Irwin (Viceroy and Govcrnor-General-Desiguatc of India), who kissed hands upon his appointment and received from the King the insignia of a Kuight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India and of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. His Majesty also invested the Lady Irwin with the insignia of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India. The Lord and Lady Irwin subsequently had the honour of being invited to luncheon, with the King and Queen.

Earl and Countess Jellicoe have left London for the South of France, via Paris. Tbey have gone to the Riviera to spend a fortnight with their daughter, Lady Gwendoline Jelliape, who is making very gratifying progress in her convalescence following her severe operation. While in Paris Lord Jellicoe was the guest at the annual dinner of the British Legion presided over by Vice-Admiral Sir E. 11. Heatou-Ellis. Over 350 men who had served in the war were present, including many distinguished officers, among whom was General Gouraud, Governor of Paris. In the course of his speech Lord Jcllicoo acknowledged the beneficial work of the Paris branch of the British Legion, and paid a warm tribute to General Gouraud. In convocation at Oxford this week the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris, causa, was conferred on the Rev. John Holland Ritson, of Balliol College, president of the Wesleyan iiethodist Conference.

If. is officially notified in the London Ga7tite that Mr 11. D. Acland has been appointed Consul of Denmark in Christ church for the South Island of Xew Zealand. Lieut. Lord Louis F. A. V. H. Mountbatten, K.C.V.0., R.N., has been appointed to Centurion, additional, as Flag-Lieut, to Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, and as (S.) and W-T Officer, Reserve Fleet. r At the King's Levee a few days ago, az Buckingham Palace, 2nd Lieut. Edward Cliaytor, Royal Artillery, on appointment, was. presented to his Majesty by the Secretary of State for War. Mr Cliaytor is a son of MajorGen. Sir E. W. C. Cliaytor, New Zealand Military Forces, and a graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

His Majesty the King, Colohol-in-Chief of the Corps of Royal Engineers, has graciously signified his intention of visiting the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, and R.E. Depot, and of lunching in the Headquarters Mess one day during March. Dr. J. Maughan Barnett (Auckland) arrived by the Port Bowcn, on a health trip, and his friends will be glad to know that he had. derived considerable bonefit from the voyage. After paying family visits to Warwickshire, the Isle of' Wight, and Sussex, Dr. Barnett will go to Birmingham,' Manchester, Liverpool, and other provincial centres noted for their music to make enquiries regarding municipal music. He hopes,to resume his duties as City Organist in Auckland in July. Mr A. E. Porritt (New Zealand and Magdalen), and Mr V. B. V. Powell (Clifton and Caius) have been selected to represent their Universities at the Inter-'Varsity sports, to take place at Queen's Club. Mr Porritt will be in the 100 yds and the 200 yds hurdles, and Mr Powell will compete in the long jump. At the Oxford University Athletic Sports, a few days ago, Mr Porritt won the first heat in. the 100 yds, 'but was beaten in the filial by t Mr Thecnen (Swarthmore and Exeter). The winner got in by six inches in the time of 10 1-5 sec. Porritt was also third in the second heat of the 120 yds hurdles. . Mr H. Belslhaw (formerly Tutorial Class Lecturer in Economics at Canterbury College) who came to England to do research in economics-at Cambridge University for the degree of Ph.D., is oxpecting to leave for Australia by the Ormonde, at the end of May, to take up the position of lecturer in economics at Hobart, which was offered him a year ago, and which was accepted on condition that the position would be held open until he. was able to complete the Ph.D. degree before leaving. This the Senate at Hobart agreed'to do. "The Field".has an appreciative reference to Sir James Allen, in regard to his coining retirement as High Commissioner, and it comments: "As High Commissioner Sir James Allen has taken an active interest in the schemes for attracting to New Zealand.i due proportion of British emigrants, and his tenure of office has been marked by his outstanding characteristics of energy, integrity, and inflexibility of purpose. Sometimes the representative of the Dominions Btay on in this country after tho expirv of their term of office, but we understand that Sir James Allen proposes to return to New Zealand, and is planning to leave in August. Ho will be greatly missed, and will be followed into retirement by the good wishes of all who know him. Sir James Parr (adds the same writer) is not altogether a Stranger to this country, having visited it during the war as a member of the New Zealand Parliamentary Commission which came over on the invitation of the British Government to inspect tho operations in France. He has an extensive knowledge of Empire affairs, and, as a man of very _ great energy and determination, he will, it is anticipated, be a keen and enthusiastic successor to Sir James Allen."