PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19391, 17 August 1928, Page 14

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

(lIOK OU» OWJT COSM3POHM**-) LONDON, July 13. Mr F. J. Jones, late chairman of the Railway Board, has arrived on holiday in England. His interest in railway matters, howevor, has taken him on a visit to some of the steel and railway works in the North of England in company with Mr R. J. Harvey. (Inspecting Engineer for the New Zealand Government).

In the half-yearly promotions published by the Admiralty, eleven new captains and twenty-five new commanders are made. The new captains are selected from 70 names at the top of the promotion zone, the two senior, Captain John H. Godfrey, now serving in the New Zealand Division, ana Captain Francis H. G. Walker, having served for eight years in the junior rank. _ The friends of Mr H. F. von Haast will be glad to hear that he has made a good recovery from his recent serious illness and is well on the way to complete convalescence. He was able to leave hospital a fortnight ago. At the quarterly meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Surfeons, held yesterdayj the Diploma in laryngology and Otology was conferred (jointlv with the Royal College of Physicians)" upon Mr W. &, Robertson, M.8., Ch.B., New Zealand. Mr W. A. Macky. M.Sc. (New Zealand), has been awarded an Overseas Science Research Scholarship, for Physics. This is an Exhibition 1861 award , , , The following New Zealanders have been successful in the April examinations of the Institute of Civil Engineers: Preliminary :—William A. H. Drew (Dunedin), Joseph G. Hardie, Leslie H. S, Hirst, and Andrew S. McGlashan (Auckland), Jojin D. Handman (Arapuni), Rodger R. Torrie (Kaitaia). Section O: Edgar B. Cooks, B.E,

Dr. F. H. McDowall, who some montlis ago was appointed chemist in dairy research at the Mnssey Memorial College, Palmerston North, left on July 11th for New Zealand, via America. Since his appointment, Dr. McDowall has been visiting various Brifc- ■ ish and Continental dairy research stations in order to equip himself with the latest knowledge and also to establish contact with the world's greatest dairy institutions. He will continue similar work in America and Canada on his way to New Zealand. Mr C. E. Claydon (Sumner) has booked his passage by the Duchess of Atholl, leaving for Canada on August 10th After remaining in Toronto for the annua] exhibition, and at various points renewing his acquaintance with former personal and commercial friends, Mr Claydon will connect with the Maunganui at San Francisco on September sth. Mr C. C. Cook (Oamaru) staved in Chicago with Mr and Mrs Cameron, relatives who live at River Forest, and since arriving in England he has met cousins from Melbourne—the Rev. George Cameron, Mrs Cameron, and Dr. Roy Cameron. Dr. Cameron, it is interesting to note, has been for a year in Germany and has completed a new work on pathology which will be published in German at an early date. Mr Cook thinks of going to the Continent I in August or September for a month. This week he has gone to Scotland. 1 The Rev. David Calder, Dominion Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in New Zealand, is returning to the .Dominion shortly. On arrival he will take up a special campaign for the distribution of Bibles in New Zealand hotels. He is placing the first thousand, and hopes eventually to secure the co-operation of the New Zealand hotelkeepers for 10,000 in all. Mr Calder anticipates that they [ will co-operate in every possible way lin order to make'the scheme a success. I The British and Foreign Bible Society I of New' Zealand has chosen an exceli lent edition, printed in lonic type, and strongly bound, and is raising a special fund to cover the cost. | The late Mr Falconer Larkworthy, •of Belsize avenue, Hampstead, who passed away not long since at- the age of 95, left estate avlued at £6116. For some years Mr Larkworthy was managing director of the New Zealand j Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. The Rev. H. D. A. Major wrote, in "The Times," an appreciation of the late Bishop Wallis, remarking! "New . Zealanders wondered , how a Cambridge don with practically no parochial experience would 8o in a New Zealand bishopric: He did extraordinarily well. I remember, after an impressive Confirmation in my parish church, an pld Etonian and Oxford rowing Blue, one of our vestry, said to me, 'lt is worth while sending to England for Bishops when you can get one like him.' He did not seem to ingratiate himself with Colonials by using slang. He never forgot that he was a guardian of the purity of the King's English. He ddd muon to improve the curriculum for Ordinandi." , Sir Thomas Mackenzie takes exception to the phrase: "He (Bishop Wallis) did not seek to ingratiate himself with Colonials by using slang." Sir Thomas says: "It has been my good fortune to have known many Churchmen, and I have yet to learn that any had used slang as a highway to the New Zealanders' good graces." "The Wanderer" writes in the "Sun' day Express" (London) of ''Buster" Andrews :_ "Those who really know lawn tennis form were not in the least surprised when young 'Buster' Andrews was defeated by the left-handed Frenchman, Christian Boussus, in the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon. The fact that Andrews had disposed of F. T. Hunter in the first round gave those who saw him'do it a somewhat distorted perspective. Hunter, though always a very game fighter, has never been a world-beater, and against Andrews he played well below nis best form, while the New Zealander reached inspired heights. His feet were so sore towards the end of the match that be could .hardly put them to the ground,'and the mental and physical reaction was evident when he faced Boussus. This youngster made a great impression at Wimbledon last ' year, and since then he has gained a . lot of valuable experience in the French world tour. It will not be long ttfeore ' fie seriously challenges such masters as Borotra, Lacoste, and Cochet." | Among those that attended a levee held at St. James's Palace on June Ist was Lieutenant Norman Early, of the Ist Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. He was presented to the King by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lieutenant Early is an old Temuka boy, having received his early education at St. Joseph's Convent, and is a grandson of the late Mr and Mrs Michael Gaffaney, of "Belpee," Temuka. I