NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 488, 22 April 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES PROM; LONDON. ;- ; > London, March 111 ■Mr. H. M. Merrimanhas been appointed underwriter in London to the New Zealand Insurance Company, on tho retirement of: Mr. T. M. Tolputt., V- '■.";• ' '-■ ■:'". .-• ■ "v;, '. Among those ,at the reception held by Mrs. 'Lowther,, : th.e wife .of the: Speaker, on March. 5, were' Mrs. George Gould and Mr. Patrick Campbell,.of New . Mr. W. H. Garrison delivered an interesting lecture at Margate, the ninth of: a'series, under ,tho auspices of the Margate Lecture "Society, his 'subject, being "New Zealand; the.World's Wonderland;" ':, •'•'.)' "■'"■', . The High . Commissioner for New Zealand was' present at Hampstcad Cemetery at the funeral of? Dr.Baillie, son of ,the Hon. Mr. Baillie, of the New. Zealand Legislative Council. Tho other New Zenlandcrs present at the funeral;, were-Mr..'Barnard-Brown, of Wanganui, and; Dr. Fenwick. Dr. Baillie died of .fever caught while lecturing at the North-. Western Fever.Hospital.• ' '■ '■■•Mr.-: W, W. Triggs, M.Sc, 8.E., of Christchurch, son of Mr. W.H. Triggs, editor of the "Press," has been . appointed technical assistant to a well-known., firm 1 of consulting engineers in London, _ : and .will _ therefore; take up;his residence in this city. Since his arrival, 'in'England-a'',.year ,ago, Mr.' Triggs has .been enlarging his experience in electrical engineering, most of his time being spent in Birmingham.' ■'■, ..., : , ' ,■'■■■■■'

■'■'; Recent callers at the High Commissioner's office:—Mr. F. W. Calverley (Otago), Mr. and Mrs. J.'D. Milton (Canterbury), Mr. D. ; Grant \Whangarei), Mr. P. , Gordon (Masterton), ;Mr. D. E.'Davis (Hawke's: Bay),, Mr. : C "■ D. Lightband (Wellington), Mrs. Sidney.Plummer (Miss May Whitelaw, Auckland), Mr. John Poden (Timaru),; Mr. •,\V,', Dymock (Napier), Mr. ; vand the Misses Wilkins (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs.'C, Clayton (Marlborough), Miss A. Brandon-(Wel-lington), Mr. and Mrs. Norman' Fitz-Herbcrt (Wanganui), Mr. Leslie White (Auckland), Mr. Raymond P. M'lntyre (Christchurch); Dr: and Mrs. Haines, Miss Isaac.