NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.
PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. ' ' London, September 17. ' Captain W. V. Bindon, of Auckland, who arrived by tho Afric, is on a business mission, namely, to purchase a small steamer to take out to the Dominion, and is not yet certain when he will bo returning. Mr." F. r W. Waymquth, of Christchurch, is ■ in; England for the purposo of gaining experience in engineering. He has secured a berth with the well-known firm of Messrs. Clark, .'Chapman'and Co., of Gateshead-on--I'yne, and . expects to 1 remain here for a couple of years. Miss Cameron, of Taranaki, arrived in England by the Afric, and is now pursuing her studies for technical and art examinations at South Kensington. In her leisure hours she is paying' visits to various educational establishment?" in. a : iid about London. Miss Cameron will-bo returning to Now Zealand early 'next "year. Mr." J'."Stuart""White, of Dunedin, has for the past ' year been managing the Enclish business of Messrs. H. and A. Dufaur (England), Limited, ma.kers of motor cycles. He has recently returned from a holiday in France,' and is .'not at all sure that he will over return to New Zealand. Sir. Reginald L; T. Nicholson, and his ;brother.-Mr. E. G. ..S. Nicholson, of Wellington/who rirrived iii England in July, propose to remain there for the next three years.' The object of their trip to the Old Country is to gain experience in the tailoring trade, and at present they are studying cutting-in London. " Amongst recent arrivals in London from the Dominion is Mr. Percy Carter, of Auckland; "who" , iS .en"ro(ite , 'for America, whither he proceeds'- presently 'to take up his collegiate studies' for' "the Baptist ministry. Whilst in England' Mr. Carter intends visiting friends in va.rious.parts of the country, and proposes during his wanderings to give a seriesof lectures on New Zealand, illustrated by slides loaned by the Agent-Gfineral,. and some of his own. ''' .
Mr.- F; 'J. Tasker,''• of the Palmerston North Bowling Club', r Wellington, New Zealand, who during the- past four months has taken part in a number of contests on London rinks, will leave (| for "New Zealand on September 27.; Mr. : Tasker says that to enjoy the game thoroughly one needs to play over such perfect rinks'as those of tho South London and Streatham Constitutional Grounds, clad with Scottish and Cumberland Strand turf respectively.' Mr.' J. W r . Black, private secretary to the Minister for Lands, and Mrs. Black are now in England holiday making. They came to Europe by way of America, and en route, saw something of the' Quebec Tercentenary celebrations 'ere sailing for Ireland, where they spent a week.or : so in the south. Tliey arrived recently- in" London, and after a few days' went to, Cheshire to visit friends. Thence' they proceed "to Scotland, and will 'return to London shortly. They return on the Bremen, which should land thfem at Sydney "about the middle of November. _ Mr. E."R. Good, of Rangiora, who arrived some months-ago with-his wife and daughter, has' had tlie'travel'itinerary he mapped out upset by'the'illness''of Mrs. Good, who a couplei 'of months ago' contracted scarlet fever in London,''and' for six weeks was confined to hospital'.. ' She has now quite refcovered,'tad after 'seeing a little more of London'Mr,, and Mrs. Good go to the Continent for a tour of three or four weeks'duration.":They h'ave'arranged to leave Eng'Jand by the Dorset on November 7, and to visit-relatives in . Adelaide. on . their way home. ' , .. ,' Several New'' Zealanders have benefited unider the will of the late Mrs. Sarah Flower, 'whose husband founded and endowed the Shakespeire Memorial -Theatre at Stratford-. on-Avon. ' Mrs. ; Flower left £1500 to the children of her late I 'fc6usin, Mrs. Decimus ; Atkinson, -who areriow'in New Zealand, and 'also £1500- to her ''cousin, Mrs. Eliza Atkinson, ' another New Zealander. Mrs. Flower's beautiful house and grounds on 'the banks" of .'tho 1 .. Avon, containing the spot where Shakespeare is supposed to have written "Hamlot," J 'fii'e m#' handed over to the Shakespeare;' Memorial,' to which there has been this,year a record v number of Australian -visitors; • - '' . ', . • Among' New Zealanders at present in the Old Country is Mr. J.'. Sayle Dalby, who recently retired from the New Zealand State School service after a quarter of a century's work under the North' Canterbury and Otago education boards. Mr. Dalby, who is on a six months' visit, arrived in London last •week by the Corinthic,, The first and most welcome news he received on his arrival was that'.of the appointment of his eldest" son to 'a sub-lieutenancy • in: the Royal Navy. Mr. Dalby proposes to 1 return to New Zealand by the ionic earlj[ in December. In the meantime lie will visit, among other places, Kelling, in order to See his brother, the Rev. W. B. Dalby. who is rector of that parish. Amongst the New Zealanders at present in ■London is Mr. Sidney Williamson, of Christchurch, who for the past five years has been residing in' Germany, whither he went .in order to study singing in particular and music ■generallyi For' i couple' of years Mr. Williamson studied at the" Conservat-orium _at Leipzig, where'he took his diploma. Since then .he has continued his: studies under Madame Nikisch and" Prof. Linderne, and has also been teaching singing himself with considerable success. Accompanied by his wife he has been spending five weeks in England, and leaves this week for Leipzig. In all probability he will be leaving' Europe for New Zealand in March. Mr. James G. Gilberd, of Napier, who, accompanied'by'his wife, arrived in the Old Country early in' June, took the trip primarily for'health sake, arid has made satisfactory progress towards \ complete recovery. After a five weeks' stay in London Mrs. Gilberd went to Edinburgh, Mr. Gilberd going to Scarborough, to witness the demonstration of .the National' Fire Brigade Union. He then joined his wife' in Scotland, and spent some five or six weeks in Edinburgh with relations. Travelling south-agiiri,''Mr. Gilberd attended the High Court of the; Ancient Order of Foresters', held at Northampton. Mr. and Mrs. Gilberd are leaving .London by the Ophir, which sails early" in November.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 October 1908, Page 8
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