NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

,/PERSONAL-NOTES -FROM LONDON. '■ '' : '■■". "''■ ■'.'-'■' "■ -'■"'■ London,' September' 2. Ur. Frederick' Stublia, of Eotorua" (New Zealand), fias been staying'iii theiPension;Jonniagfl, i'loronce; ; '' '. v " . ' ' Mr. T. H. Hamer, who recently came to' England.to take up the duties at the New Zealand office formerly, carried out bythopre-,. sent .secretary,, has taken a rosiderico in.Suttdh;:'Surroy. . '' .■' • ' .-.'" V. .Sir Thoriins Brooke Hitching has abandoned tho'idoa o£ visiting Now .Zealand' as a .member:'of; an'l'English bowling team , ,' mainly in' conscqtionceo! his candidature lor tt northorn' constijneflcjr. ; ■'■'.■ :•':'. '•■'-..' ".■.■: .•!'"■:. : Dr.' J.'Garfield,: Crawford, of : Timaru, who came to. England as surgeou on! tho" Federal liner, Nairiishire'j proposes to Spend a'couple of years in the ( Did Country, in'order to continue :Ws.medical studies at-the. leading London' hospitals. ' : . " '■'~ .'■■.' . . : Mr. Charles t. Nelson, of Christchurch, who arrived eomo three weeks ago, means to study the latest developments in municipal and do.mostic architecture here. Ho expects to romain abont a year and to see. something, of Scotland and France. .

Mrt'jP. F. Hardy, of Christchurch,' who '■ arrived here ntout three. months ago, hopes to visit New Zealand .about Christmas, but .■ in future his permanent headquarters .will. be in Melbourne. Mr. Hardy leaves for -j Australia to-morrow by the Ormuz. ■ .-,■■ •' ■'■.-Mr.'H; C. Simms, of Christchnrch, and his daughter: arrivod here on August .15 by the Macedonia. They woro accompanied by Mr. Leslie F. Tribe, r-and -intend .to in London..;.Jfr. Sini'ms has come tOrEngland to open a. London-office for his firm; •,■ ■■■• :■ ■■■',

_ Mr.; and Mrs. H.- Gilfillan, of Auckland, hayo just'completed a motor-tour (if 24(10 miles; in company with their-Bon and-Miss Bffio Booth, of: Cartcrton. In ■ a.-few days'; timb they will leave London again for.a seven; weeks' tour on tho Continent, visiting Switzerland, Italy, 'tho Riviera,- and Paris. They leave London on.their homeward journey by the Morea on November 5; , ■■■' -,•■■; ':. . . -, ■ •

. .Professor, Albert E. ■ Achespn, fl.Se., B.' EnU., son of Mr.. Robert. Acheson, of Rivertnn,;f!outhland, who.-was married recently to -Mies Ponsy K.'Shaw, of Napier, daughter of.the'lato Mr. W; H..Sha*,,of Merivale, Christchnrch. has,' with his. wife, been- spending the month of August on : the . Continent, ohiefly,in; Switzerland. ,On September 8 they sail for New.York, thenco to'. , -SyraenseV-where Professor Acheson will resume his duties at Syracnso University. Mr. C.E.: Phillips,, a teachor. under'the Weilingtoh Education Board, , arrived hero" by the: Tainm on'July.27.-.Hβ;is making Kingston-.on-Thames-his headquarters, and afterwards will otay at Carmarthen, South Wales, with ' his' uncle, Bev. Whilo : heMMr. Phil- , lips .is staking .the opportunity o£ .visiting some ..pf,. i .the';,cpunw.schools, ,;and : has. already, seen ;thoso of ; ; Bedford, Reading, and Kingston; and , also an .excellent new. school atrWithbledon, at .t|jo,equipment of which, he.was'vory-.much -siir'p'risqu.iqllo. hopes to ..return. tovNew Zealand be:fore"Ch'ristmas.'' ■,■„..;„., ... ■■':■'.■'■

■lire. R. M. Maslin has generously .presented to_ the ; pcbple of; New ZonTand,. through the High Commissioner, in ■iom)on,..somo very, interenting . relics of> tlie lato. Queen • ffiotoria, inherited ..by her.'from a relative; who was. a member ,of the, household of .the. late. Duchess of Kent,, and, afterwards.;.of Queen , TJio consist-of,'amonfrst manyCthingn,'a pold wal;ch, an autograph lettev, of the lato • Queen, medals,': and photographs, and have been presented by Mrs.. Maslin in appreciation of' New Zealand's action with rejtard' to the offer of a' Dreadnought to. the British Navy. >.