ENGLAND REVISITED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 2

ENGLAND REVISITED.

! RETURN OF .THE HON.! W.H.^D.. ; ~!:' 'i ,;i' BAiLLiE:J ,!: ' ..-.^ Among.tiio'-passengers'i.who.returned , from , f Englaiidsiby the VRinmtaka,were the ;Mpn. ; \\ .11. ■D. J3aillie,.M.L.C,v and Mrs. •BaiJLhe.; ; ; of tMariborough,., whose : learn!, with-pleasure .that' they .return from -, their'trip aWoadik splendid ; health, .having had,a most enjoyable time during, their senco from New-Zealand.,.'.. -:,,.> ..',;,;, -;■„;-.. 1 Captain Baillio'-int'ormed; a Dominion . re- ;/ ; : prosent.ative:that,he I .had;had a bit. of bad : : luck soon .after, his. arrival m London. .While : . staying af Lancaster Gate, near.Hyjde.Park,-.,, and,whilst weakened by.,an,attack-.ot in T .. : , lluonza;vhe,.:had,,- in ascending,the stairs,,. " gone -over "-,■ on.liis; ? aukle,,,which..accident „ kept -him ,in-bed fpr- L ,a; fortnight .and .-in. a,: bath-chair for,some jiimo.; Apart irom- that,;., they had ■ e'njoyedi their \ stay. ,in-. .the- .Old.. Country thorougUy.,. They week «,- the; splendid home'(in. Borkshiro)., t Roberts (who is a first;oousm,to Mrs. BaUUe)., .. Lord, noborts has a. wonderful rauseutn, of : curios'of. all , descriptions,,:including an inter-. esting collection of, Eastern.weaponsuof.war. trophies of the successful.campaign.of ,Bobs. -~ 'of Kandahar:! Among.,*he . collection, t00,;., : are the remains, of one of .the Boors ...Long : Toms," which had been burst with dynamite, ■-, just beyond the breech to. prevent it being .used against them:* , '>r>" -i'.nZ. (li^ , -. " A- veryr. pl?asaftt fprit.night r was spent in Cheltenham,, where they, got an . 'to'England's,'uhruly.:summer,in thoiorm ot a two days',thunderstorm,/tho lite of which,,..:'Captain .Baillie-' states, .lie had n6ver espen- s enced before, Mr.' and Mre,..%l.helalso,«a;id: ? - : a visitto their soiCDr-'HamishH.; Vhb is'injclwrgaqf'a , large mental-asyum. near Ep's6m:; :':,! Expected;:to/fmd^ rather, depressing," .said.-Mrs. Baillie,,. but . it was quite the other, way.; It .was quite'a ; palace, with lovely grounds,' and everything is made as bright and cheerful as possible. There are, 2000 patients,, .who. are .tended.,bj some ; '2oo: keepers,..and there are.some half- ..-, dozen doctors .011 thei.staff.,- 1 .;>-...:■;.. .■.-.. ; - -,-.' ; Captain Baillie made .a >point. of. visiting . tho, Chelsea Hospital; but could discover none.,, ; of tho men of histoid, regiment, .the : ,2«h., '(South AVales .Borderers), >yhb had-fought so gallantly abChillianwalla and iGujerat, m,, the, .Punjab' in,,,1849. i.po,; however, .met,,, several,retired army, pincers at .Cheltenham,,. which-,town.;.ho .terms ,|.f:a ■.r.endozyous;, f0r, , ,-; seiierals." In the samo town he also met : , Mrs. Pinson, .the-widow- of a former, resident of AVellington, -who,still,has, an uiterest in. ; Cuba-Street;real;estate,,; J r ,,,,i ■;.■!.'■- : - «;i V :iy.i! , Mr. and:Mrs.,,BailHe,also',made:a:pilenm-..; age to.West Thurrick, the qinethttle village ~ on tho .Thames, at whbse,quaint little; ancient.-,, stoned church the'y ; ,wore married-;some n ntty-i: ■ three' years ~:ag0...., t Tho,,..ground .whore the,,, church stood was in tho old days somewhat!, swampy, and ;the ri\fcr ..was .always .making inroads; and Mrs/ .doubts;,as to w/hother qrr.not tho .church,had .been.-,, washed 'away—but there it .stood—a.-.beauti-n ful old church, enhanced ,111-.their, eyes -by,/ tender momories,. and there,, too, .was , the .1 old register with their, names and those, of the bridesmaids, as; legiblo ; as : the day they,:l were'written. , ,■.'•. ■„.,>• \ : ' ■'■ '=- :, •; They met Mr. and Mrs. Balcombo Browne. 1 of Wellington,' in London,;, who announced, : their intention of returning to New Zealand-: •byway of Cape, .Town. ..,,.-..; . ;.....■ -■-

,- •■' THE;MAYOR Otf iKARORI.- ; . ■; ... ' Mr" A. C.'Pearce' (Mayor, of Karbri) and, Mrs. Pea'rce also returned from a trip to England by the Rimutaka. Air. Pearce, has not,; enjoyed 'the best) of health during his-, aye-. .months' absence. Mr. Pcaree,said he had , not'much tO'S.ay, but; that,he liadhad au".; eniovablo" time' looking up old. friends, and making new ones. Ho made his native town, v Ilford, in Essex, his, headquarters, and irora there' made excursions to lorkshire, the South of England, and otheß places that interested huii- Ho.wa's.a good deal.in London, and ■ gave? much ■• of :.-hiss time to., the I ,study-■■• of .electric, tramway, systems.;. •■; --- -•; ;;..* .£. .<v-> : " You'know, I-have only been outnriAcW' > Zealand 'six, years,'.'; said Mr. Pcaree; . .aud-s what- struck, me most was -.the extent.. whichvhad been .gono..in, the electrification of'tram-../ wars- " AVhero/thcy ..formerly had .horse-trams q or 'buses .they \ now, had -'.electric carsj: -andio ■ wjier O^they! ]md,.never j had trains there: were-.-• electric scrvices,,;which were: largely.: respon- ■■■•, sible.. for' 'the .igrowthr of. Londoli's-'outeri SU ""l thank -■lieavenj" ; continuedrrrKarori'a.Mavor ■ ." that..we,.never,.went in-, for, motor--, 'biiscs 'I was only,.on ~them f twice,!, and-on:: both'.occasions, they ,broke.;,do\yn,-.- and .you;, could, never,,go,,anywhoro on .a motor: 'bus -, route without .seeing .them stuck, up, througU -. somothing going wrong with the .works..- ir-: Mr. Pearcc has. brought out from England ia very fine, silver- shield,- made in, London-* from his own design;, for proscntatipn. to,the.-,, Karbri .Riflo Club, of-which ho is president. -. The. shield, ..which is/..a. boautiful piece, of ~v workmanship,., is mounted, ; on. polished,.oak,|: and forms a trophy well worth the winning.. ■ The conditions for tho Shield matches, havew not yet been arranged.