NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

;". PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. ■^\! r : - ■.'"'„" --J : ' : ' t! - London,' September 23. : Messrs. G.-W. -Smith' and W. Trevarthen are among the New.; -Zealandera playing in Northern , Union football 'this' season, the former, for Oldham and the latter for Hudders- ■ field. , ..' ■ .. ■■ .;■.■•;■■'■■' • •■.' : ■• ■ ■'■: : - ■' . ■..;■■; .. Lieutenants H. Whyte and 8. A. Grant are attending the' grand manoeuvres now being held in the West of England. The formerhas been attached; to the: Bth 'Brigade .Staff, 3rd Division."; , ; '':■. :'V ' • .■' ■~':'' ■'■■'..■■• :. •• Mrs.' Gawen, : . of Christclrarch, who- is '■■ nowin Esgland'for the second - time siiice she wont to Neir Zealand in.ISS3, • has quite recovered her .health, • and is at 'present .spending some . time'in : 'lendon. "■■■■--'■'■.■■- ■.■.';.':■- ,'. Mr: and Mrs. 'V.' :E; Rice,: cf: Auckland, left Plymouth by/the lonic (for , : Cape Town, trhere.-' they ■will spend- a: month- ''- before returning .to New : Zealand at the : end ;of November/' , ; v; ■ '.•;:',■■" ":'■'?■ .•.,-■:.'■•- .- '•••. Lieutenants J. Barton, and WM. Robinson, of the' New Zealand Defence Force, left London a few days ago: for the. purpose of attending the Irish . manoeuvres.'.,. They. . are; to be stationed in Ireland for training purposes, vMiss .Vera; Jacobsen,,,pKAuckland, ;whp has been- studying .portrait' painting.' at 1 tho French impressionist school: in-London during' tho : past two years,: leavesVshortly to continub her studies in Italy,'returning to 'New Zealand early next' year. .'' " ' - '.' .-■: ' . ' Mr. J.' S.'Phillips, of Auckland, 'who'"has been .twenty-four -yeari iri' the , s'erviie 'of "the New; Zealand Education'. Department is taking a;holiday in'■'■England,- , '':'accompanied .by 'his wife. on their return to Ne\r Zea-' on' November ■W : '<'- '' : Triggs,.son' of : .Mr/W.''H. TMggs,;editVr of the '.Christchurch' , "Press; , /, .was marrioiyon-,Septemlicr'v-4i , --«it St.'Peter's ' ■Chureh;; Boiirnemputh, 'to Miss'-Ida Gertrude" reside-in London', whore' Mr. is engaged in electrical':'ongmeering. ■■■ : :\v ; ' :-: .'\-: ■—■:■'.•■ ■.',' .■«:■. ;■. t '.'Several, momberis .of -. tb.6 New .Zealand .pro-, fessional "- "All -Black" team ; -:aro '■-; playing : fin ' Northern' Union football this season: ■'■'. "Sid" Tnrtill and Kelly are with St; Helens,', Harold Eowe. with Leeds, and Wrigloy "with Huddersfield;: v v ■■:;■:--;■--■ ,-: : ; : \v- o /-:,-■.;--;■.■:■■■;:;■ '■;, Miss Christinb Mackenzie, who carno from :' Dunediniwith' her sister: by ■ Way ..6f 'Canada some ■time: ago, has bem touring, in the High- : lands, and visiting: various parts of England,' , inoltiding the'chief indostrial' centres. ; She t and her sister has. aleo'been on the Continent, > and amongst other places visited Eheimsditring the-..famous.: aviation , , week.- , .' The. blisses ' Mackenzie are leaving England next'•' month, and ■ will return to: New .Zealand by ■ the direct route. •;• ■-,?'■ ■■:•! .■',-.:';' - :■, '•'■ : ;;.-v">'-r'V''',''■:! ; The degree of Doctor of Medieirie wni conferred on the-following New Zealandere at. ■: Edinburgh on -Capping Day:-r-Claude • Ernest Addison Coldiciittj Arthur (Thomas :Patereon, ■■■ M.B.i Ch.B; 1907; Charles Fulton Pattie, M.8., Ch.B. (with first-class hbnours), 1907; Francis Lidderdile Scott, M.8., Ch.B. ,•: Cyril ;Hoeken T«wsl«y,:M.B., Ch;8.,.'1906; Gfiorffi: Herbert :'> Ussher,- M;B., C1i.8., 1909.',. ,Dr. Pattie : was awarded a gold : medal , for his thesis, and also gained the Gfiodsir Drs. Caldicatt and; Scott were commended' for their theses. , - •'■■■ ■■■•.-.■•. r ; '":■■;'. ■'""\.': ; - i: - '■■'■■ ;.:The Lord Mayor of London.imipecttd.the.New -.-' Zealand- pavilion: on the of. hie visit : to . Shepherd's Bush a' few: : days nee,- arid appeared ta be greatly impressed. .He was par-tionlsTly-rntereeted in'the. exhibit'.of-sheaves, ■' and when Mr. Morrison, , ' who acted ns Showman • to the party, explained that ■;: New.-Zealand ] claimed to-raise the finest and: heaviest crops ■ in' .'the world—a: statement endorsed .by Sir John Coekbnrn,. who was present—the Lord Mayor '.was genuinely surprised, and exclaimed, ! TBut'-'what would Lord Strathoona : ,sayto th»tf" Farmers who • visit ,the show are al- I -.'ays impressed by .the New Zealand pavilion, ' and it is, a fine advertisement for the country, appealing, as it: does, to the very class of man ' the Dominion '. is anxious to attract as settlers. ' .. Mi , . I'i. Nordon, of Christchurch; has been \ recuperating? at Brighton, after a .snecessful' | operatibn in hospital in London.'- -v-. -.■'.' » ;The "many of--that fine I 'footballer; ' Mrl'"Sid" Turtill,- will he interested to hear : of the 1 birth of his son on September 7. ■.•,.- :. :Dr.;Arnold VT. Izard, of Wellington, during ■ his stay in England,'has taken the-M;B. degree of-the .University of Cambridge, and dene a' ■ postgraduate course at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He leaves'for New' Zealand on Septem- ,- ber. 30 by the Turakina.; >; ~'• - '■, .-.-• -'■. :