NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20090, 20 November 1930, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. (rioir ora owjj corrbspokdeht.) LONDON, October 17. The New Zealand Prime Minister and Mrs Forbes have had a fairly full social programme during the past week. ■ On Monday Mr Forbes attended the annual reception of the Lord Chancellor at the House of Lords. Although this is held at midday, it is popularly known as the Lord Chancellor's Breakfast. On Tuesday Mr and Mrs Forbes were the guests of Lord and Lady Parmoor at the Privy Council Offices, Whitehall. Lord Parmoor is Lord President of the CouncilOn the same evening Mr Forbes was at the banquet given by the British Chambers of Commerce, the. Federation of British Industries, and the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. On Wednesday the Prime Minister lunched with Major the Hon. J. J. Astor and the-Board of "The Times," and in the evening he attended the Motor Manufacturers' dinner. Mrs Forbes and Lady Sidey were the guests of the Committee in Council of the Overseas Section of the Forum Club in the afternoon.

Mrs Forbes lunched with Lady Shafi at the Carlton yesterday, and, with Lady Sidey, ?he attended the "At Home" of the "Victoria League in the afternoon. To-day Mrs Forbes and Lady Sidey are attending a luncheon given by Lord Sankey and Miss Sankey at 14 Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey, and to-night Mr anji Mrs Forbes will be the guests of Mr and Mrs Amery at a dinner party. They will be the guests of Mr Ramsay Mac Donald at Chequers at the week-end. Through bookings to New Zealand by the Mooltan, leaving London to-day, include the following:—For Auckland, Mr and Mrs A. D. Kiernander, child, and infant, Mr and 'Mrs J. A. Pinnington and two children, the Rev. J. Sheenan, .Mr C. Johnston. For Wellington: Mr and Mrs A. W. Anion, Miss I. Amon, Mr and Mrs C. G. C. Dermer, Miss B. C. Dermer, Mr H. J. Hartshorn (joining at Marseilles), Mrs N. Price, Miss M. I. R. Price, Mrs J2. M. Sample, Mrs M. Westgarth, Miss Wood. For Dunedin: The Rev. V. G. Bryan King, Mr M. V. Bryan King. For Lyttelton: Mr and Mrs T. G. Gosling. Mr H. E. Stephens (London representative of the Fruit Control Board) and Miss J. Stephens are leaving for New Zealand by the Rangitiki on November 20th. They are due at Auckland on Christmas Eve. Mr Stephens is now clearing up financial matters relating to the past apple season. An exceptionally large number of degrees was conferred yesterday in Congregation at Oxford. The names of two New Zealanders appear in the B.A. list. They are Messrs C. A. Sharp (1928 New Zealand Rhodes Scholar) and C. D. Brasch (in absence). The Department of Overseas Trade announce that the post of Imperial Trade Correspondent at Dunedin has been filled by the appointment of Mr H. P. West, the present secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Dunedin, in succession to Mr W. T. Monkman, whose resignation, was made known in London in June, 1928.

Mr J. B. Dixon, M.Se., until recently a member of the staff of the Timaru Boys' High School—a position from which he resigned—has arrived in London to study at King's College. He came via Suez and France, and anticipates travelling in England, Scotland, and on the Continent as studies permit. Miss S. A. Holland (Auckland) has spent the summer in Devonshire and Cornwall, partly visiting friends and partly sketching. For the latter she found St. Ives a very attractive centre. In November Miss Holland will go to Spain, with the intention of wintering in Malaga, and then to make a spring tour through the country. Miss Ivy F. Wright (Auckland) has decided to undertake her general training at Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital, Oxford, and next week she

will enter the Preliminary Training School, Headington, near Oxford, for the first two months of the course. Wn Wright thinks of going back to New Zealand in November, 1933, andthen t« take a refresher course at the Plnnket Training School, Dunedin, before retnraing to Auckland. . . . Dr. and Mrs Lewis Smith, of Qneet Anne street, London, left by tie MoeJ-' tan Ao-day for. ; jen xonte to Sff J Zealand and British Colombia. Thej will be absent trim-London for some months. j : - ' Mr Charles E. Hilliam (Auckland) ei' pects to be in New Zealand in time fo? Christmas. He has been on a holiday i visit to relatives ■ aiid friends and hu been travelling in England, t Wales, aefl Scotland since the beginning of July. Miss Una Smith (Ponkawa) has b«e» travelling on ,the Continent for nearly three , months.' Her tour included Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia. Po-' land, Hungary, Austria,-the Tyrol, OberAmmergau, Switzerland, and Francs. Miss Smith had a particularly deligttW time in Poland, where the people art very friendly, the peasants very pifr turesque, and where these are lovely palaces and valuable ait treasures*) tee. At Krakow she descended the fMM® salt mine and saw a perfect little ehspft also quite a large church, hewn out 01 the solid rock-salt; the walls are -TOrounded with statuary, alsftin salt, is frequently celebrated there for miners. At Budapest Mis* Snuth «tay« at an hotel whoße hot rtuunM and central heating were hot thermal springs beneath the , ing; there was also a large swimming bath; large were made by machinery so t 64 ' ra ' had the sensation of swimiMßg « fairly heavy surf. Miss Smth My ?" to Spain for the winter; but definitely decided. She suggeetoU» the facilities offered by the _ Budaj«* hotel might be considered in the tMffl» region of New Zealand. , . _ Dr. E. E. Porritt (Wangantn), && arriving in England in June, £» setting au fait with all the »»», connexion with his P rofes jj* then he toured m English lake country, and Scou®* having a very pleasant motor 2000 miles. Three weeksago ritt went to Sw.Wand and staying at present at La " B ®? ne ; t(a i 0 B» the weather is perfect and the gJ autumn tints are superb. _ -jjiter will go to MontreuX to see sports, and in all likelihood hei be back in England until Mrs E. Dockril! (New v-ho came to London two ye ß ™,*®? g. a lengthy visit to her son Ur. Dockri'll (who is practising don), is much enjoying her ™ Metropolis and does no turning to New Zealand *3l yet. In November Mrs Doete 1 go to Dublin to visit friends ana " lves - Previous to leaving New Mr Pascoe Redwood (AuckLwW, for two years at the Elm Sohoo. in Auckland, and it is hie continue his. studieß m Engl on the Continent. The date at turn to the Continent has definitely arranged as JVir ugt' hopes to spend some months at in Europe. _jy ««d Mrs T. Gore-Martin her daughter have been tr *™ u g B i Gloucester, Devonshire, jaiM Wales since last June. Tooy SS 'i£"l33.' * autumn. _ tigs' The Misses Ilveline and A<t» *»& rea (Dunedin) returned to from a most enjoyable trip. They have now left York, with the intention ot speu-rj two months in the United St#W reaching New Zealand ® axl y New Year. They had a very ® n jSJrt9 Continental tour and were **>. spend some time in Germany] ° land, and France. _*»|i The Melanesian Mission ha ® recently several legacies gratefully acknowledged in the p ern Cross Log." The la j« !,« Kay gave a donation of £lWj i,ie Rev J. M. Walker £IOO, and the Miss H. Willmott £lO.