NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON

'' London, July 1. ~ Jlr. A. Murdocli, of Southland, who arrived on Juno 0, is at present at' Old Meldrum, in Aberdeenshire. He will leave London for New Zealand via Suez on September 17.. ir t,' A Price, of Wangunui, mid her son, it I'rico, who arrived by the Mongolia ?" I,ra y,t 22 *. ?re at present in Loudon. Later they -will visit the Midlands and-tour 'on the Continent. • .Mrs, R. D. Thomas,-of Christchurch, and her daughter, Hiss Gladys Thomas, have been flaying visits to Iriends and relations in many parts of the kingdom, and arc at present, in London for a short stay. ' 'Mr. Walter Butterick and' Sir. 0. Trcvurza, of Canterbury; left tho Orotava at Naples, and travelled- tc London via Ilonie, Venice, Switzerlandj and Paris. After touring tho UnitedKingdom they will return homo by way of America. , Jlrs. J. Jl. Struthers, of Christchurch, who. arrived by the jVlongolin, is visiting tho Continent and Scotland, returning to London in the. autumn to visit friends throughout England. She leaves for' New Zealand about the end of the year.'.' ' - ' Captain fcynard Hawdon, 'of,-the. 21st . Cavalry 1) ronticr l'orco (Daly's Horse), has been spending six wee'is in IDngland and Switzerland, out of his eight months' leave. He left yesterday for India, where he will spend the remainder of his leave. ■ ■ - , - J[r. L. Reynolds, of Wellington, has-arrived on a business visit,to the Old Country, com-ing-overland from Marseilles. He will visit the, i cycle and motor factories at Coventry and Liege, and .will probably take several cars Kick with . him .to New Zealand. .1 ' i

. At tho London Hospital-sports a New Zealander .in tho person of the' Rugby footballer and'heavy-weight'boxer; P/L. Foote, won the ..Hammer event with a throw.of 81 feet 7J inches, which was over 17 feet better than uny other competitor could accomplish. v /Mr. Crosby Smith, I'YL.S.., of. Southland, : who has been revisiting his native town of Halifax, Yorkshire,-after 33 years''.'absence, will' visit Scotland and Ireland, and 'hopes also to go" across to New York and'back before leaving London for Sydney on. his .homeward journey. ■, . /-/ ; . ..Mr. Chas. Tizard, of Otago, has just come to London from Chile, whither lie went from New ■ Zealand 'in- October,• 1807, under /engagement to uv mining company. Ho will "leave, here on July. 3 for West Africa, to, take up' an- appointmant with the -Ashanti. Concessions, • Limited. : './,.•/ The.Eev. Geo. B. Inglis and. of Ashburton, ..-are - visiting friends in ..'Scotland, and intend to go to Ireland, afterward spending most of August,-in : London./. They ..will' sail . for the Dominion in-the Kimutaka in September.. 'Mr.-. Inglis is visiting", the . Old'. Country after an absence of 20 years/ ■ l Mr. and Mrs. S .AV.',Mitchell, of Palmerston North, wlio are now in London, left tho Oro■tava at Naples and journeyed overland.- They propose to. spend some time in touring England, Ireland, and Scotland, .arid will. return to New Zealand-by .way,of Amerioa, spending about three" months in the States,; .. Sir Robert Stout was aihongst-the guests at tho Lord Mayor of London's annual dinner at the Mansion House- to His -Majesty's Judges... The New Zealand' Chief Justice proposed the' ~toast of "The.. Profession of ./the Law." He said that lawyers as a whole were well equipped arid educated-for the discharge of, their'duties, /but he was-nbt sure that/the. staridard in- this respect' in -New .'Zealand:'was not even -higher' than-it/was in England. . ,f ' Mr.- A. C. Palmer, the brilliant New, Zealand Rugby footballer, -riow' at. the. London; Hospital, won the long'jump/championship/ of''the University Athletic'/Union,: at 'the'club sports held at Perivale," covering'l9ft. 6in., 'and ning by.liin.-from A. A\'. Bleudeu/an Oxonian. Mr. and Mrs., A. . 'Hopkirk, of Cambridge, after spending' about a inontli 'in / Canada, and' ■the United. States, arrived in Engljrid on June: 12. They intend visiting different. parts of England' arid AVales, also Scotland, . Ireland,; and the y Continent, and .will return to New. Zealand via Suez '/about the beginning of-thi i' ea f- ! • Mr. and Mrs, Henry Reynolds, formerly of Auckland and now-.of the ; Argentine,- 'havei been on a-.visit, to London.- Mr. Reynolds nvas here, on business, and he has now returned -to ■BUenos Ayres, but he,lias "taken'a'house .in ...London .for..'three .years for. his .wife ..and family, as his son is/going to Cambridge arid Oris daughter/ to. school..here.... '....' '.. i ' ! ./Amongst recent arrivals 'from.. New Zealand ■is- Mr. Jehu lO' Ngawaka, l a chief of' the' Ngapubi tribe, in the Bay of Islands district. Mr. Ngawaka's grandfather, and great uncles fought..for the British in-. the,/first ..Maori, war/ With; a/.view. O to' .travelling and .j.'sieing', ./the world, Mr. ;Ngawaka -has .taken -to ~th 6,, Stage, appearing in full Maori costume, singing Maori and English songs. ,He lately- appeared in Syd,ney with great success (filling the Town Hall, fwhich seats 50C0 r people) fpr many nights., It is •Mr. Ngawaka's" 'intention- to . seek' an' engagement: on .the stage; in London. . Mr. Harmon i./'Tinneniore .has":arrived in London from New' Zealand, on a brief holiday.., It. is. :many years since Mr. Finnembre was last .im.Engfand.-. : it/.,. ' '" Mr.' Mark, .Cohen,-'one; of -the Now Zealahd -delegates , tothe • Press. Conference, ■presented a/flag .last wciek the school children of Musselburgh,, .in Scotland,'/from the school children of Musselburgh, in Otago,(N.Z.). He said the children had unanimously voted f° r the flag for Musselburgh,,in the Old .Country. The people in the/Dominion loved the Old Country, and desired the bonds dyatvn closely by affection, and riot by strength of arms. .- ' . /. ■ .•. . ~