NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 8

NEWZEALANDERS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. Lor.den,; December 17; Mr. S. N. Ziman, the New. Zealand Rhodes Scholar for 190S, has been, elected to an honorary mathematical scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford. It is understood that Mr. Ziman intends qualifying for the Indian Civil Service. Mr. Wm. Henry Cutten, of Dunedin, son of the late W. H. Cutten, was-married on December 2 to Miss Adelaide 'Dora Hall, daughter of the late Surgeon-Major A. R. Hall, R.A. . The wedding took place, at.St. Botolph. Without, Bishopsgate, E.C. i. .. : -Mr. and. Mrs. .Schmichel, of Dunodin, .vrho arrived via the Argentine on November 25, , after touring the .Continent for a while and visiting" relations': in. Berlin -will go to Glasgow. They return to New Zealand via Suez in three months! time. . ' M r j, Harry Ito.wntree, of: Auckland, now aprominent black-and-white artist in London, is represented in the .'London Sketch Club's annual. exhibition, of sketches.. His ; .contribuis a delicate little drawing in tender mood, .called "The Sere and Yellow:'?. Mr- C. L. W. Hawkins, of Wellington, who arrived here in June last,-has been having a ook round tha Old. Country before finally,settling .down- in New Zealand.' Next spring he hopes to'pay New-York a visit', and then the Continent, returning to -New Zealand via' Suez. ' , '

_Mr. Herbert F. ,L. Beanj of Christchurch, who. arrived :at' the .end of "'September, .will leave _ again .about the ■ end of.January, via. Suez. Mr. Bean has. spent-most of his time 1? and. he will visit the Continent before sailing. He has enjoyed a, spell of golfing at, St. Anne's-on-Sea, where he has: been staying with relatives. ~' ' . ,Mr. Reginald J. Mentiplay.. son > of Mr> Mentiplay, of the Bank' of New' Zealand, Wellington,_ is in London to gain experience in .-engineering.; He -recently > resigned his post as a junior engineer , in- tho -Atlantic Transport. Line to become foreman of, one Sr A lading engineering works in London. Mr. -Mentiplay served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Cable and'Co'.,'Wellington.' _Recent callers at the High Commissioner's office:—Mr. John M. Mettafy . (Invercargill), Mr. Sidney G. W. Blythe (Wellington), Mr. Edward Spencer (Wellington), Mr. Cecil L. W.. Hankins (Wellington), Mr. Bernard C. Arrowsmith (Chrisfchurch) Mr. John Craie, F.R.C.S.I, -fWhitianga)! Mr. D. Campbell (Christchurch), Mr., Thos. Falvey: (Wellington). ' ' .

The high, distinction of Fellow ' of the Royal College of Surgeons ■of England; has 'qs&i . gamed this week :by. ;three New. ;.Zealanders—Mr. W. E. Carswell,. M.B m Crawford, M.8., and Mr. B. Gleridining, M.8.,.8:5. It will'be;.remembered' that iMr. 01endiriirig, who is.an.old Napier, boy, was appointed. Physician to .the Queen of Spain a year or so ago; : He at Durban university and Guy's-Hospital... ■ / . . Mr.; John Craig, F.R.C.5.1., superintcn-dent-surgpon ;of. Mcrcury Bay Hospital, JsTih • London just now. .He came 'to ,thisicountry for a;' year's. study. .of ,the',hospitals, and. has: spent .the', greater part -of { tho'.time at the Dublin Hospital,,as that-is: his old college. He mssed tho examination .for. the F.R.C.S.' of,;lreland;on .November 21. It is .twenty years'since . he'< last '-visited Ireland. Mr. Craig has come' to; Loiidon to' study, at the hospitals-here.> -He intends: leaving for New Zealand in about'a month, "-t. •, |^ong^i by .which .arrivM from' New Zealand-'a'.'few-days' ago, was Mr, r ,Sidney,.'Blythe;. of,;Wellirigt.on, who>has. come to Europe toYgain .further, ex-' lie'rieiice'.,in' 'electrical engineering. Mr. Blythe after the New Year -will' goto Manchester to entpr. the . employ , of . Messrs... Mather and Plafct. He expects *to remain about four, years in England.; - Another passenger by ; the Tnrakina, was Mr. Thomas" Palvey,.'also ■of -Wellington, who has come to. London to endeavour to place on the market'several inventions of his own, including a reversibjo a patent fire .alarm, and an. electric totalisation v f .Another, ,;recent arrival-'fr'o,m'' : Wcllihgt'ou 'is'l'Mri'iCederholni, jun., who. came .by the .lonic, and who, has entered the employ of the well-known electrical engineering firm of. Siemens; of Woolwich; "' ,'v"' v ; , '

The Rev. Thomas'Perkins, formerly : of New and- Nottingham Colleges,;.has .been;unanimously nominated, by. the. executive 'of the Colonial Missionary Society to' tho charge of the Congregational Churoli at St. Clair, Dunedin, and he will probably leave "for the Dominion, on January 9 .by the R.M.S. Athenic, so. as to enter upon his ministry on the first Sunday in March. The Rev. Dr. Garvi_e; (chairman of. the .. society), the Re v. ■Principal Ritchie, p.nd others reg'ard Mr. Per-, kins as a'preacher of unusual; promise, and as a Celt he is.most likely' ,; to: appeal.'successfully to 'Otago, congregations,'which are noted-: for their, appreciation; of godd 'sermons.' Perkins, who is, 30. years !of age,: is;unmarried,' and is a native of Carmarthen,'.a couiity which has given both-'to England and Wales sonio;of its most celebrated.preachers.' : Mr. Joseph Ellis, of Belfast, has been selected, through the High Commissioner's Department, for ; the post* of instructor in carving,' designing, and modelling at the' Wellington Technical School.; Mr. . Ellis,; who is 29; years old and unmarried, has had 15 years' experience . as 1 a practical .worker. He was foreman for. six'years in one of the;leadihg firms in Belfast, where he',specialised-inwood-cairviiigj stone-carving, arid modelling, .and also'.gained' experience/in .cabinet:'designing and:.-decoration. He came second in; tne United -Kingdom in' the; annual. competition for thorKing's prize for modelling; from life, and gaine*} afirst-class, in' designing.- -He has rhad . six years' - teaching experience .-in wooilr carving and-modelling.'classes at the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute, ;he has been >.n ' enthusiastic and .successful worker, at, the: Belfast.-School of Art. His testimonials • are excellent." Mr. Ellis will leayb for New Zealand, towards the end of January, probably by the Paparoa. ■