NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20510, 1 April 1932, Page 13

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. Ctboh oub owh cobbespondent.) LONDON, February 25. The Kev. Canon T. J. Somers Cock* (Waimate) was a pasenger by the last trip of the Ormonde. The chief reason for his visit to England is to see his son, who has been away from the Dominion for five years. The Canon hopes to do some work while he is in the Mother Country, and he intends to visit as many places in England as he can. One of these naturally will be his old home at Leigh, Worcester. Mts and Miss Somers Cocks are with him. Mr and Mrs A. Eussell (Nelson, formerly of Invercargill) and their young' son were passengers by the Bangitata. The voyage was undertaken primarily for the benefit of Mrs Eussell's health. They expect to spend' some, months on this side of the world and to fit in a certain amount of Continental travel. Their return journey will be by way of Canada and the United States. The Rev. C. F. Pierce (lately headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate Schftol) travelled to England, with Mrs Pierce, rvia Canada, and reached Liverpool on February 13th., Mr. Pierce ! intends to settle down to parochial work in England, and is at present at Cranbrook, Kent. .Miss Mabel Westall, sister of ,the late Mr J. C., Westall, of Napiwy i»about to pay a visit to her niece, Mrs Wilding, in Christchurch. Miss Westall, who is a member of the Council of ■ the Independent' Schools Asociation; and a student of Newnham College, Cambridge, is very< much-interested in Education and is a great' upholder of the system of individual, training .in schools. Miss Westall recently resigned the position of principal of Oakfield. School, Dulwich, London, which she has held for many years.' •Mr J. F. Bogie, hon. sec 4 of the Huntly C.C.8.C., informs the parent society in England, according tp "Cage. Birds," that the Huntly Club had 200 entries at its first show, and is hoping to double that number this year*.; He mentions -that there are many Scots and English among the 50 members, including Mr J. J. Walker, who,.previous to going- to 1 New Zealand, was secretary of the Blaydon-on-Tyne C.C.B.C. : Lady Furnivall was married this week at Prince's Eow Eegis'ter Office, to Mr "-William Herbert SheUey Dent, M.C., the only son of the late Mr .and Mrs' Herbert Dent, of Canton, China, With her dress of coral-pink silk, Lady Furnivall wore a coat to tone, cellared with fox fur, and a small hat in coral and brown. A spray of orchids was fastened to her. coat. The Admiralty announces, the appointment of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake, C.8., D.5.0., Commodore in Charge of the New Zealand Station, to the position of a Lord .Commissioner of the Admiralty, Chief of Supplies and Transport. This is in succession to Vice-Admiral L. G. Preston, C.8., and the appointment is to date from September 20th. The new Fourth Sea Lord attained'flag rank in' April, 1931. ■ ' The' Comorin, to leave Tilbury on February 26th, takes the following, passengers booked to New Zealand :*— Wellington: Miss M. C. Wigram and maid, Miss Palmer (joining, at Port Said), and Mr A. D. Battie Mrs'A. D. Battie is booked for Dunedin. Oxford University beat Harlequins at Oxford "on Saturday by a goal,_a goal from a mark, and three tries-(1' points) to four tries (12 points). "The Times" considers that the victory was the more meritous because Oxford fielded a purelv experimental side with only three Blues; while most of the newcomers were Freshmen. The University owed their, victory chiefly to their good backing up, and seldom have there been seen better examples of this important phase of the game than in this match. P. C. Minns (Auckland University and Balliol) at three--quarters, was prominent. Mr C. A. Davis (manager, New--Zea-land Express Company, Invercargill) is on a business trip,.partly for his .firm and partly for private reasons. '"■ He came by the Ormonde and will return via Canada, the U.S.A., South-Amer-ica, and Australia. Altogether, apbut a year is to be devoted .to travel, two months of it having been allotted to England, Scotland, and-Ireland. Mrs Venables has arrived from Auckland to join her husband, who is at residing at Emsworth. She wis accompanied by the Misses Helena "and Cicely Venables. The former will continue her musical career in London, and the latter will further her studies m dancing. It is the intention of .the i family to settle in -England.