NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTKS FROM LONDON. London, September 16. ; ! Lieutenants Grant, Whyto,' Bobinson, and j'> Barton have"nrrivisd from" New Zealand to v. join tho Army for ono ycar'b' practical instruc- ' tion in infantry- work.- ! Miss Ella Cooper, of Wellington, brings her ;** ] visit.to tho Old Country to'a cl«» this week, < leaving to-morrow ; (September 17) for New Zcaland by tlio lonic. • ■ . ■;; . i i Mr. and Mrs. y.'/E. Rice,' of Auckland, intend leaving to-day for Cape Town by the ■ ( lonic. They will spend a month with relations in Capo. Town and return to New Zci-.', 1 land about the end of November., ' V Vi, : '-< -During a visit to the New Zealand Pavilion . , I at tho White City a few days ago, Lady Bowen «-vj widow of ex-Governor Sir Grargc Bowcn, stated ; . that she hoped to. rovisit New: Zealand—"that dear old country," she called it. v .-v :i Mr.. J. W. Chapman-Taylor, a recent arrival ; t'"i from Wellington;, has come to, Europe to 'study Vt' : ' domestic architecture, and he hopes to.'.tour..i.Si?r: England by motor-car and Mamino the vanoua modern villages-and garden cities that have sprung up in rccent,years. He returns to New Zealand within six months. ■ v-V."'-Mr. J. Cunningham, of Palmerston North; . . i has. been revisiting tho Old, Country, after .25...K years' absence.. He ; expects to reach homo, S ■>;, again .before Christmas. After his arrival hero • in May, Mr. Cunningham spent soiio weeks in Londonderry with : bis sister, . Mrs. Maxwdl, and four days in Dublin: with MiyCarty, an undo of 'Mrl 11. Carty,- of. PalmerSton - ■ North. . . , .> i The Essex fast bowler, C. P; Buekenhani, r"SVtI has accepted aiv invitation of the Christchurch n : C.C. to act as ■"coach " during, tho coming..;'...ly cricket season .in Now Zealand, and will leave i f for the Dominion by the lonic to-day (September 1C) in company with . tho-Sussex; profes- i-■ mv. Gional, A. E. Bel!; Buckenham ; ii ono of the - few fast bowlers who seem to improve with ; age. Commencing' his' county career in, when lie took, only 18 wickets at a cost; of 38.08 • apiece, he gradually, improved.; his figures till. , in 1900, he took 135 wickets for ' 24,13 each. v In the following yeaf lie took 118 wickets for 22.15 apiece, and last year 103, Wickets for . : an average of 24.66; and.this season 110, batsmen - p'.; for an'average 0f'20.44;, V'. , Mr. and Mrs; Thos. Cdtteri of Auckland, who . havo been spending'the summer in this country, -v ■ left London lastFnday on their return to Now .... -• .■:■ Zealand. They propose to spend three weeks t I on the Continent, and join.an outward bound ■; steamer at Marseilles. -;- ! Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., now on his way to :> Canada, with Mrs. Crooks, on a tour round.-.' the Empire, is dne in AucHand about Novem- . .■ ber 17, and will visit Rotorua and then go south ;:rv. by tho -Main' Trunk : railway to .Wellington, proceeding, thenco vto Christchurch, .Duncdin, '/M, and Invercargill. ■ Mr. T. Chambnrliii Tims, formerly of 'Roto- : rua, and now living..at St. Ives, Cornwall, has changed his name. tO'Ti.Chalmbcrlin Chamberlin. ■ The latest'" London' Gazette " announces , that ho has received! authority to,, adopt the 5 Arms of Chamborliu. ; •' Mr. Louis D. Cohen, of Palmerston N0rth,...':.;,-..; came'to England on:, the. Star, of Scotland, via ■<i t, Capo Horn. He expects to remain hero about five years. Mr. Cohen's, object in coining was ■ to enter the London. Hospital to continue bia medical studies. • Mr. C. H; Prante, .of Christchurch; and, liis: ' wifo and sistet, Missf IfonH leave London: to-.: :s'/< morrow (September 17) by tho lonic .for. South Africa, whoro they, will spend two months be- -ii fore going- on to New ' Zealand., They: have been on a holiday'trip l to"England, • ;-;7