LONDON PERSONALS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19675, 19 July 1929, Page 2

LONDON PERSONALS.

' ' (nto* orx omt co&MtsporoMrr.) J LONDON, June 14. At the third Court of the season, to i be held by her Majesty the Queen at . Buckingham Palace, on June 26th, the ■ ! following New Zcalanders will be prej sented by Lady Parr:—Mrs Gordon ; Armstrong (Remuera), Mrs Cecil Leys, ! Mrs Alan Murdoch-Smith, Miss Marjorie Vaile Mrs Kirkbv Wilson, Miss Mary i Wilson (daughter of Mr and Mrs F. W. Wilson, Auckland). Sirs Frederick Mcßryde, Miss Sheila Mcßrvde Miss Joan Beere (Wellington) "Miss Meryl Harris (daughter or Mr 'and Mrs Alfred Harris, Christ- ■ church), Mrs Percy Hjorring (Oamaru>, Mrs C. Leslie Orbell (Timaru \ Miss Sheila Ormond (Hawke's Bay), Mrs William Peat and Mrs Herbert Robertson (Wanganui). Mrs Eric L. Riddiford (Lower Hutt), Mrs Frank Wall (Martinborough), Mrs Harry Johnstone (Otaio). The High Commissioner and Miss Parr will also be present at the Court. Lieut.-Commander H. S. Barker, R.N., and Mrs Barker, as well as Miss Gwendoline Jellett, have been staying at Alderbourne with Captain and the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes. The Misses Eileen and Maureen Rhodes have been placed at school at Bexhill-on-Sea, and Master Denys Rhodes is at school at Potters Bar." The Hon. George and Lady Agnes Peel are leaving 27 Belgrave square for Australia in the Mataroa on June 21st, travelling via the Panama Canal and New Zealand. Miss M. A. A. Hurse (Christchurch), who is a member of the Melanesian Mission stationed at the New Hebrides, is spending a year's furlough in England. She will probably remain in the Mother Country until the winter, and then, accompanied by her sister, she has in contemplation a tour of the Continent and the Holy Land, returning to New Zealand via Suez. Mrs A. Grant (Timaru), the Misses Banks and Mr R. L. Banks (Fairlie) have been motoring through the southern counties, and they expect shortly to go to Scotland. Miss Winifred F. Woodhead (Christchurch) is spending a short holiday in Somerset with relatives, and then she will go to the Lake District. Mr and Mrs J. J. W. White (Blenheim), who are recent arrivals, are at present visiting their son, Mr H. P. Winsbury White, F.R.C.S. Shortly, they will go to Edinburgh to stay with relatives. They will probably be in the Mother Country for a considerable time, 70 years having elapsed since Mr White was in the Mother Country. Mr and Mrs White had a pleasant Homeward trip by the Rimutaka, calling at Montevideo, Brazil, and Las Palmas. Mr and Mrs Josepfc McLean (Greymouth) and their two sons are staying at Motherwell, Glasgow, with Mrs McLean's mother. During their stay m the Old Country Mr McLean will concentrate on harbour and port matters, for as chairman of the Greymoutb Harbour Board and as president of the Grey mouth Chamber of Commerce he is interesting himself in the scientific development of the coal industry, particularly with regard to the utilising of slack coal. After touring in Scotland and England Mr and Mrs McLean will make a trip to the Continent. _ Mr Richard Davie (Christchurch) is tobe married to-morrow to Miss Freda Potter, of Manchester. On June 21st they will leave for Canada, where Mr Davie has secured a satisfactory position on the staff of the Winnipeg "Evening Tribune." After leaving Christohurch in June, 1922, Mr Davie had journalistic experience in Sydney and Melbourne. He came to London a year or two ago, and since then has been engaged mainly in free lance work. Miss Jessie B. Wilson (Principal of Waitaki Girls' High School, Oamaru) attended from April sth to April loth the fourth Triennial Conference organised by the Canadian National Council of Education. At this Conference overseas delegates attended from Great Britain, India, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Czeeho-Slovakia, Germany and Japan. At the conclusion of the conference and until the end of May Miss Wilson was in the United States visiting post-prim-ary schools. She also was able to nt in some delightful and interesting sightseeing on the Pacific Coast as far south as San Diego, and she saw the Yosemite Valley, the Grand Canyon Colorado Springs, and Niagara. Miss Wilson who reached London a week ago, will remain here until the end of July, when she will go to Geneva for the Conference of the World Federation of Education Associations. After that she will attend at Elsinore the International Conference of the New Education Fellowship. Wherever she is, Miss Wilson hopes to see something of the secondary schools, and in due course she will go to Scotland. The main purpose of her tour is to study education developments in Great Britain. This week she is attending at Leeds the annual conference of the Headmistresses' Association of Great Britain. Recent callers at the High Commissioner's office have included:—Mr and Mrs R. H. Webb (Christchurch), Mr L. Tweed (Oamaru), Miss McGilloeuddy (Nelson), Mr R. Bell (Christchurch). Mr N. G. MacCormack (N. Canterbury). Miss M. McCullock (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs A. Gunter (Christchurch), Mrs C. C. Harrow (Christchurch), Mr Albert Dee (Nelson), Mr David Dunphy (Nelson), Miss M. Cotterill (Christchurch), Mrs W. Clarkson (Oamaru), Miss N. Nutt (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs E. B. Newton (Ashburton), Miss N. K. Gilkison (Nelson), Mr and Mrs W. Bevan (Westport), Mr S. Gray (Westport), Mr F. Britton, Miss S. Britton (Christchurch), Miss B. E. Shackleton (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs G. J. Shackleton (Wainiate), Mr T. A. Brown (Nelson), Miss D. Wilkinson (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs W. D. Napier (Waimate), Dr. G. M. Evans (Timaru), Mrs J. B. Beckett, ! Mr J. O. B. Beckett (Christchurch), Sir A. H. Russell (Hastings), Mr Gordon P. Parkinson (Christchurch), Miss Stella Murrav (Christchurch), Mr W. D. Westenra, Miss K. F. Westenra (Dunsandel), Miss J. B. Wilson (Oamaru).

A New Zealand wedding took place on* May 22nd in Regent square Presbyterian Church, Bloomsbnry, London. The bridegroom was Dr. R. S. Aitken, son of the Rev. James Aitken and Mrs Aitken, of Gisborne, and New Zealand Rhodes' Scholar for 1924; the bride, Miss Madge Kane, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H. Kane, of 26 Opawa road, Christehurcb. The Rev. G. T. Bellhouse officiated, and a -r the ceremony there was a Bmall gathering of New Zealand and English friends in Mrs Bellhouse's home in Highgate. Dr. and Mrs Aitken left for a short holiday in France, and tucy have now to London to make their home in St. John's Wood. Mr and Mrs C. Howard Tripp are issuing invitations for the wedding of their daughter, Miss Margaret Tripp, to Lieutenant Vivian Francis Boyle, B.N. The marriage will tr' place at Holy Trinity Church, Sioane street, on June 25th, and the reception will be held at the Royal Hospital. Chelsea. The Lieutenant-Governor. Major-General G. I. C B. Farmer, C.M.G., who is a great friend of the bridegroom's family, has generously offered the use of his historic home and lovely grounds. Given an afternoon of sunshine, the reception should take the form of a garden party in a very choice setting. The wedding ■was to have taken place in April, but Lieutenant Boyle was then officially engaged in training the Naval Squadron for the Royal Military Tournament at Olympia, and as soon as these duties were completed he was delegated for similar training duty in connexion with the important Aldershot Tattoo. This latter function will be over a few days

before June 25th. The "Rmv. C. C. Harper, Rector of Ford, Northumberland, uncle of the bride, will be in London to officiate at the wedding eerernony. Lieutenant Boyle it now in charge of the Koyal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth.