NEWZEALANDRS ABROAD

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 5

NEWZEALANDRS ABROAD

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. ■/■■■■';■■ .;■■■■■.'; :V.-'.v'London,.August 12. :,' Mr, Leslie Purnell, of Christchurch, who, .arrived by . the' Persic 'in Jfarch, is, 'doing work: in London.,.• : •• , : ■. •; . Mr.W.-0./MacluuKht/ of Dnnedin, who ar-: rived last month' by tho Langton Grange,.will spend,, the greater part of a,.short Visit in Xonjlon,: where ho intend? to .work in, some of the' hospitals; •' . ■'■!.'.■■'.'■■:'■'■''■'■'.■•" ;.■■• FivoNew Zoalanders. gained- the degreq.-of; ■Bachelor of Medicine. and Bachelor of Surgery* viz., E. L.' Cawkwell, H." G. Feltliam, W. P. Chrystall, J. ; .li. Lawry, and^W. ; S. Robertson. . ".■''■" ; V':: - ■'.'■■ j-.-. , '' ' '■".'■ •. '■.', -•■'■■• . ; ..-

Mrs. Fox, widow of' :the late Colonel Fox; sand daughter of • Sir William Eussoll, was a ■ passenger for' London -by. the Rimutnka. Captain and Mrs; and : . Miss Temple,.'of Timaru,. ■arrived by the' : samc boat- ■ . '.-'■..'.;■•'.'..•; '■• , : Mr; •and; Mrs. Gerald L. Steadj. of. Christchurch,'., intend returning .by tho Rimutaka. via 'Capetown' snd Hobart; bn : September 2h They.- tire' spendinß most of ..their tirtio ..in motoring through the country. , in a Spyker car, which;-Mr. Stead .'has.: bought., :■.-. ■".',•.. , : :' Miss Laura .Harrison, of. Broadfield,' Can-terbury,-who arrived by the, Ruapehu , in June, •has been visiting. ; the;Lako District, end also Manchester, ..whore "her .brother, Mr. J.. 11. :Harrison, has:.n position;on the. Victoria University ; staff.' • Miss ■Harrison leaves for New Zealand,.viii Suez, about, tho end of October. -Mr.'p.A. , Gray,, of-Auckland,, and his sister, Mrs. J. : T.' Martin',, are in'; London, after a tour in' Europe,-from : Naples, whore they left the jAsturias on May 7. Since.their,.arrival they have, been-to Scotland, and Ireland, arid; they will visit Franco before going to America in September.. They leave Vancouver in November noxt for Auckland. ■ A New Zealand girl, Miss Dorothy G. Davidson, is among the-prize-winners this year at George Watson's Lndies , College in Edinburgh. Miss Davidson gained the gold medal presented by the boys of -George Watson's College for the best papor in English; a 'prize' presented by the Sir Walter >Scott Club for a best essay. -Miss Anna, P. Davidson, of New Zealand, won a .bursary of ; for educational advancement,'bnt resigned it. : Mr. W. Adair, of .Westland, ono of- the pioneers of .New Zealand colonisation, is revisiting the Old' Countr>-. after",-an absence of half, a century. Mr. Adair-went out to Ifelbourne in 1859, and thren yci'irs' later, '■' at the time of tho .first gold "; rash," crossed over to New Zealand, where he has jived ever since. Mr., Adair camo to England by the s.s. Kia Ora,'via Cape Horn, Ho intends travelling extensively through; England, Scotland, and Ireland,, afterwards .returning to : New Zealand. '■ : '"■! "■' ■'■ • "■■■■'■.. ■■'. : ■Mr. Frank E. Powell, chief, draughtsman to the Auckland Harbour Board, ; and Mrs. Powell are. visiting England on'a holiday totir, after about seven years , ; absence in New Zealand. They arc at present with friends in the country, and intend afterwards to visit France, Holland, and Donmnrk for a short tour, and on their return -in the autumn;.they will visit somo of the northern cities in.this country, when Mr. Powell will take tho opportunity of inspecting, some work now , being carried'out there for-tho: Harbour Board. :' '