NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 523, 2 June 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL.NOTES FROM LONDON.

..' .- London, April 22. -Miss Ethel M. Lorio (Mrs. Henry Cooper), of Rototuna, -Waikato, has just arrived- in London from Ceylon. / ••-■-,■• Mr. and Mrs. IVN. Dillon, of, Marlborough, have .arrived in England. " They travelled from Sydney to Marseilles by tho P. and 0. liner >. Mooltan, _ then | spent a week in Paris, and ton days in Loiidon. They aro present staying with relatives at Oxford, and will probably leave for New Zealand some time in August or September. -~ Mr. E. W. .G. Rathbone, of Auckland, arrived in London last week by the lonic.' aftor. a • very smooth passage, and proceeded to Liverpool on a visit to,his relatives.; ' ' The High Commissioner, will visit Strnt-ford-on-Avon to-morrow, St. George's Day, at the invitation,of the Shakespeare Club, to perform' the. ceremony of unfurling tho New /Zealand/flag, presented to the Shakespeare Club by tho Now Zealand Government. Mr. Hall-Jones will also attend tho festival dinner, of the Royal Society of St. George,, in the evening. >■'. '~'•.' , i -'' ... Mr. William Low and Mr. J: T. Cooper, of Dunedin, arrived ;in London last week by the Papanui from Monta Video, whither they had travelled from New Zealand by the Tainuj. They are on a holiday trip, and will spend part of the .summer in London ; and afterwards visit Scotland 'and the Continent, leaving againfOr New Zealand some time in tho. autumn. ... ~■-'.'■.

r 'Mr. Robert J. Alexander, of the Pacific Cable; steamer Iris, who makes Auckland his headquarters,_has just arrived in London on six months' leave of absence, accompanied by Mrs. Alexander.' They will visit.Newcastle jnd Berwick-on-Tweed, their native, place, and Edinburgh and Glasgow, afterwards taking a trip to Paris and Switzerland, and leaving again for New Zealand in Odtober. •Recent callers' at the High Commissioner's office:—Mr. and Mrs. R. -M. Macdonald, Miss Macdonald, Mr. R. and Mr. E. Macdonald (Christchurch), Miss 15. A. Aitken (Christchurch), Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Alexander (Auckland), Mr. Arthur Snowden (Wellington), Mr. Geo. Wilson (Wellington), Miss Evelyn Dascnt (Karori, Wellington), Mrs. Kingdon, Mr. Goodall (Nelson), Mr. Leslie" T. Purnell (Asbburton), Mr. G. S. H. 'Cuningham (Wellington),-Mr. A. C. Macartney (Wellington): Mr. J.-'T. Cooper (Duncdin), Mr. W. S. Young (Dunedin), and Mr. W.' Low (Dunedin). • . ■■-,; . Mr. A. P. O'Leary, of New Plymouth,-is at present staying with his wife and daugh-; tors at Leipzig, where the Misses O'Leary: are studying. music at the Royal Conservatorium.. Miss Iris O'Leary has just.received hor diploma from'the Conservatorium, where; she has-been a pupil for the past two years,: taking the piano with Frauleiu Leitz,'and-harmony-with Prof. Scbreck. She has t&-, ceived very high' praise for her work, her. piano playing being especially mentioned. Miss O'Leary will continue her studies in Leipzig for another year as n private pupil; of Herr Torchmuller. Mr. O'Leary is returning to .London at. tho end of April,] and will visit most of the leading provincial centres in the Old sailing for Now Zealand towards the end of the year. .'■