NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 9

NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL JOTTfNGS FROM LONDON.

London, November 7. Mr. and Mrs. Moss (N.Z.) will be "At Homo" to a number of their frionds on Thursday 1, at 30 Seymour Street. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. O'Rorko and tlioir oldest daughter have returned to Now Zealand. They will, it is understood, only remain a few months in tho Dominion. Mr. H. L.' Benjamin, of Auckland, travelled to London as assistant electrical engineer on the Pupanui. Mr. Benjamin has, it is understood, secured a position with the Wostinghouso Brake Company in!Pittsburg, U.S.A. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilkin, of Christchurch, and Misses Alice and Zoe Wilkin, left London a fow days ago for, the Continent. . They will spend some weeks in Franco and Italy, and join tho P. and O. liner Macedonia at Marseilles in December. Mrs. M. Lindsay has left England to pay a long visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Riddiford, at the Ljiwer Hutt, Wellington. Her husband will join hor there before the oud of the year. ,11 is peoplo livo in Timaru, but for some , years he has been in England with his regiment. Mr. E. G. Jellicoe, who spent a number of years in New Zealand as a .member of tho liar, and who unsuccessfully contested the Walton Division of Liverpool at the last general election, has drafted an Anti-Sweat-ing Bill, which he hopes to havo introduced into Parliament next session. Miss Sominors, of Christchurch, who arrived hero in April last, has spent some four months in Scotland. She returned to London in August to meet her sister, Miss Thyra Sommors, who arrived by tho Devantia. They will probably go.north in December, and afterwards visit Ivrance. Mr. Fred Pirani, jun., of Palmerston North, who arrived by tho Athenic on October 22, has come to England partly on business, but principally for tho .benefit of his health, his doctor having recommended a long sea voyage. Mr. Pirani intends visiting France, Germany, and tho Italian Lakes, returning to Now Zealand via Amorica in about six months', time. Mr. J. E. liobson, of Christchurch, was a passongcr for London by tho Athenic, which arrived ..recontly after - a record, run of 37 days 18 hours'.;steaming, time. . Mr,; Hobson is combining pleasure with business, and intends visiting his relatives in Liverpool and spending a month in Paris. Ho will return to New Zealand via America, arriving homo in about six months' time. Mr. W. J. Sanders, of Otago, arrived in England recently from French West Africa, where ho has spent some six months on a prospecting tour. He loft Africa in order to cscapo tho rainy season. Mr. Sanders's party, however, have discovered in the country that which ivill take them back again as soon as the rainy season is at' an ond, and lib himself is leaving for French West Africa in tho course of this weok. Dr. Hocking, a well-known New Zealand medico, is tho medical adviser of, the expediting which Lieutenant Crozier, Manchester Rogimont (half-pay), is organising on: tho East Coast of Africa. Tho expedition will cover six months. Another colonial, Lieutenant Gorges, formerly of the Canadian Dragoons and of tho Army Veterinary Service, is in cliargo of tho transport arrangements, and will mako scientific investigations of a veterinary character. Mrs. J. Myers, of Auckland, and her two daughters aro at present staying in Brussels. 1-hoy ,0111110 to Europo.in 1905, and havo spent, two years in Berlin, in order that Miss Myers might have , finishing lessons -in pianoforteplaying under a leading master..Tho summer vacations they spent in Austria, and ultimately camo on a visit to Paris and London. After a fow ihonths in this country, Mrs. Myers and her daughters havo now gone abroad once moro. Among tho recont arrivals in the Old Country is Mr. D. H. Stewart, erstwhilo of Timaru. .Mr. Stovvart JefferNcw -Zealand' eight years ago for South America, and has spoilt his time tliero, chiofiy in .Chili. Flo proposos to stay in England for a fow weeks, and will then voyage to "Now Zealand to visit his peoplo at Napier. He will probably. romain in Now Zealand for four or five weeks, and will thon leave for Chili, travelling via Buonos 'Ayrcs and the Andes. Mr. A. G. Hill, of Auckland, is on a visit to the Old Country, combining business with pleasure, Tho duration of his stay is uncertain, but when lie returns to New' Zealand it will probably bo via the Continent, India, and Australia. ,Mr. Hill spent a month, in Japan and two months in America on his way to London. Ho arrived in England oil July 26, and after a fortnight with relatives in ivont,'. holmado a nino!weeks' trip through; Ireland,-Scotland, and tho North of England. Tho Now Zealand Association opened - its winter season on October 30 with-a whist drive at tho club rooms of the socioty n tho Westminster Palace Hotel. About 40 ladies and gentlemen wero present. The ladies' prize, a bridgo sot, was won by Mrs. Clioyce, wife, of Dr. C. C. Clioyco, and Mr. Knowles was awarded tho mon's prize, a handsome inkstand. The arrangements were carried out by a committee consisting of Dr. T. W. Parkinson and Messrs. C. Wray Palliser, J. A. Mason,'and J. Southorland Ross. Roccnt callers at the High Commissioner's office:—Mr. E. M. Smith (Chvistchur.li), Mr. Clias. Fordo (Wanganiii), Captain J. A. Towers (Buonos Ayros and Now York), Mr. W. J. Sanders (Cromwell), Miss Ella Cooper (Wellington), Mr. William Hudson (Auckland), Sir. Francis J. Shanby (Hawke's Bay), Mr. F. Pirani, jun. (Palmerston North), Mr. J. E. Hobson (Christchurch), Mr. J. M. Clarko (Wellington), Mr. .V. P. Stringer (Christchurch), Mr. L. H. Stewart (Timaru and Napior), Mr. 15. 11. Scott (Dnnedin), Mr. A. M'Kenzic. (Wellington). Miss May Alison, eldest daughter of Mr. E. W. Alison, M.H.R., of Auckland, was married recently at Glasgow to Mr. John Fothcringham, eldor son' of Mr. Robert Fothoringhani, of Glasgow. ' Tho marriago took place in tho No'wlarids United;."Free Church, the Ifov. J. B. M'Millan officiating. The bride, who was givon away by her inothor, woro, a gracoful Paris Empire lace gown over chiffon and glace, and a'tulle veil over a wreath of white heather aiid orange blossoms. Her bouquet was of .white heather and lily of tho valley. Tho bridesmaid, Miss Ivy Alison, sister of the brido, woro a shell-pink silk Empiro gown and white crinolino straw hat, covered with swoot peas of varied colours, and carried a bouquet of tho same flowers. The bridegroom's gift to the bridesmaid took tho form of an amethyst necklace and earrings. Tho best man was Mr. Adam Crow. After the wedding a reception was held at the residence of Mrs. Marshall, sister of the bridegroom, and later iu the afternoon Mr, and Mrs. Fothcringham loft for a tour through the Highlands. Their' future homo will be in Now Zealand.