NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 16

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON (HO* C-VTB. 0*» leE BEirCHMHT.) LONDON, February 13, The Ilcv. J. M. Bates <Duncdln) expects to be in England fur about a year. lie will s'.u.ly theology in London and Edinburgh. V. Dr. Geoffrey A. Myers (.Wellington) has been successful in earning th*""' diploma of nicnibcr.-hip of the Royal College o£ SurSfODi. Mr A. I'. T.lcLachl;.n < Wellington ha* arrived in London to take up the position of assistant to the audit OiT.cer, High Commissioner's Office, where he expects to be stationed for , a fc-w year;. MJ. Salmui:. a ri-cc:,t v. - i'or to Xcw Zealand, uiferibed h'.» isnpre-,. 3.ons oi f».d_ K-.jj.. c-aiaidora bi tore the \\ o. il v, ;r<i Lhsnhocr of Commem . Ho foucti the New l.nsd people iri.ro pa'nr.t.e thin many Englishmen. If the la: nic. s could obtain economic prices J't.r their dairy p;oduce there v.rre pkniy of chances lor them, he .said. Recent callers f.t Mbiicr's Oilier have ire'uduj Mr Everi ■I. Daniel i Lower liutt). Mr John P •S lijy iChristehureh), Misses L. and O. Exley (Hamilton,!. Lord and Lady Bleaisloe have been appearing in news films in London during the last week. The scene illustrated is one which includes Admiral Eyrd and his fellow explorers. The many friends of the Rev. C Coleridge Harper, rector of Ford' Northumberland, and Mrs Harper, will be interested to learn that thev'wii] shortly have the pleasure of seeing them in New Zealand. They have pas* .-aj.es booked by the Rangitata, Icavin 3 London on March 8, and they are eagerly anticipating meeting old friends and seeing anain the place* :hc.y know so well. Dr. Harper's trip is chiefly concerned with the Melarie .•■inn Mission. The mission is, 0 f course, the special concern of the New Zealand Church, but a very large proportion of its income is found by a committee in England. With the growth of 1 ie work of the mission, and the new arrangements resulting from the building of the new ship and other developments, the business side cf the work has become somewhat complicated and needs readjustment Both the New Zealand authorities and the English committee consider this can best be done through personal consultation, and so it was decided that Mr Harper be asked to go out. Passengers booked to New Zealand by the Esperance Bay. leaving London on February 14, include:—For Auckland: Mrs A. Dobson. Mrs L. Barrett liss M-„ Pattison - Mr P. A. RandaJ For -Wellington; Mrs V. A. Johnson, V lr u L -r> Hind w- lorI or We »ington: Miss J. H. Ross, Mr T. A. Ross. Bishop Taylor Smith, who is 74 vears of age, is planning to make a "tour round the world. He calls this cruise a "rest" <says the "Catholic Herald") but actually he will be working far harder than most people of his age would dream of doing. His trip will be a missionary journey to the cities 'owns, and villages of four continent* He will spend 10 days touring upcountry missions in Australia, he will lay loundation-stones in Ceylon open functions in th : Dutch East Indies, and visit Java, New Zealand, Tasmania, South Africa, and many other places. Bishop Taylor Smith was chaplain- ,/ general to the forces for 25 vears, and before that a bishop in South Africa, in the bad old days, when life in the dark continent meant "roughing it* Since he "re'ired." he has been actually one of London's hardest work.ng ministers. Members of the New Zealand circle of the Overseas League in Edinburgh met at an informal dinner in Overseas House to celebrate New Zealand Day. Mr William Donaldson, leader of the circle, presided. BrigadierGeneral R. M. Dudgeon, in proposing the toast "New Zealand," said out of a population of just on a million and a. quarter New Zealand sent no fewer than 84,000 of the best of their man?if° fight for Kins and Empire. Of that number 17,000 made the supreme sacrifice, while 33,000 were wounded. After the dinner a cinematograph display of New Zealand turns was given in the lecture hall.