NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20499, 18 March 1932, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. (J'ROM OUR, O\V» CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON. .February 11. The Hon.. Mrs Parsluill, the wife ot : Mr Horace .Parshall, and daughter of Lord Bledisloe, gave birth to a son at 5 Allen's' Mansions. Kensington, on February 3rd. The infant is Lord Bledisloe'.s first grandchild. The christcijiug ot the infant daughter of Sir Edward and the Hon. Lady Grigg took place at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 011 February 3rd. Canon Carnegie officiated, and the child was named. Annabel Desirec. The godparents were the Hon. R. H. Brand, :Ylr W. L. Hieheus, Princess lngrid of (Sweden, Lady Joan Peake, and tliu Hon. Mrs Reginald Winn. New Zeulanders will remember the Hon. Lady Grigg as the Hon. Joan DicksonPoynder, only child ot Lord and Lady Islington. Her other child, a son, is now about eight years of age. Captain Walter Wright represented the government of New Zealand at the funeral of Dr. R. Stenhouse Williams, Director of the National Institute for Research 111 Dairying, Shintield, and Research Professor in Dairy Bacteriology at Heading University, who was found unconscious in the Irish mail train at Euston 011 February 3rd. Death took place at University College Hospital. Mr S. It. Whitley was among those present. Dr. Williams was a pioneer of the "clean milk" movement. His research was directed largelv to the production of tuberculin-free-taint milk. Of the deceased gentleman "The Times" remarked: His research at Reading was carried out with industry and enthusiasm. He held that its results showed that nearly the whole milk production of the country could be made non-tuberculous and that tresh milk, without sterilisation, could then be a universally safe article of diet. In this he was against a strong body of medical opinon. Sir Otto Xiemeyer has been called upon to go to Greece to study and report upon the monetary, financial, and economic situation in that country. He was to have given a luncheon fiddrcsss he fore the Royal Empire Society on ''Some Problems of Imperial Currency." On February 2nd a son was born, at Crucktou J Lull, (Shrewsbury, to Kathleen, wife of 'lhomas A. Stuart-Mon-teatli, formerly of Wellington. ! Captain C. K. Blayney (Auckland), representative in Australia and New Zealand of Rootes, Limited, left Loudon yesterday to join the Orford at Toulon. During his recent business trip to England, Captain Blayney has visited the factory and lias gone over the whole of the works of Itootes and tiumber-Hillman. He is taking out new models. New Zealand should be reached during the first week oi' April. ' Miss Hilda Godber Saunders (Auckland), who has adopted the professional name of "Jill Anthony," is dcJighted. with the experience she is dgjiining in the big Noel Coward pro"wuction of "Cavalcade," at Drurv "fCane. "She say's she owes her inclusion i'ii the company to Mr Coward's inclination to give people entirely unknown to him flic chance of an audition! Half of the charm of the engagement consists in the chance «>i : working under Mich a producer. His unique method of controlling a company even <t>f the size of "Cavalcade" without any of the customary tempera, 'ajiental outbursts made rehearsals much less of a strain than is often the case. In addition to her own little part, Jill Anthony understudies a couple of other parts, 'and last week .'lie was lucky enough to go on and sing the "Military Mary Ann" number in the war scene, deputising for Betty Hare, who was laid up with throat trouble. She had a good reception, and played the part for four performances. "That was rather an ordeal in front of a Drury Lane audience!" she remarked. The only English stage training which Miss Anthony has had was from Flossie Freednian, who is a great star in her own particular firmament. Miss Freedman's fetish is "Personality!'' Whether teaching, singing, dancing, nr acting she will forgive, almost anything so long as the student puts some individuality into her work. The list of "stars" who liave taken their instruction from her includes Evelyn Laye, Carl Brisson, Peggy O'Neill, Francis Ledcrer (who has been such a remarkable success iu "Autumn Crocus"), and many others too numerous to name individually. Shortly after her arrival in England, Miss Jill Anthony did a good deal of film work at Elstree, aud then went on tour with Hroinley Chollenor, phiy- ! ing leading juvenile role.s iu several favourite plays.

Mr Hector Bolitho lias- nearly completed his book dealing with some hitherto unpublished letters of the late Prince Consort, written to his brother. He has had special access to about 800 of these letters, whose publication, it is said, will throw new light on many events in the early part of the Victoria 11 cm. As:soon as the proofs are revised Mr Bolitho will leave, for the Continent, on route to Palestine. On the Sea of Galilee he will be the uest of Lord Melchett. who has a beautiful home there. His idea primarily is to take a holiday, but he"will, no* doubt, do a certain amount of writing besides acquiring information that will be useful later.