NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 701, 29 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. London, November'lß.' Tho Colonial Club has engaged rooms - for thp season at the'' Phoenix : : Hbtel, Prince's Street, Oxford Circus,'Vwh'ere, fortuightly. reunions ■ .of/■■.'cplbnials ? and their friends will be held,/and'colonial nowspapers filed. ; . ,■■■;■/'/''.'. ■'?";■'■■;■'■;' The death occurred on,November/7,'rat Oakhurst, St. Helen's l'airk,'Hastings, of Miss Kathleen Mary Kemp, 'youngest, daughter of Dr. W. E. Kenip,' :: -M.1)., formerly of Wellington. ; Miss Kemp .'.was' in.her 27th year.. • ."/'■,'■.,■■ Tho little village .of Eollesby, in .East Norfolk, was tho scene, on November 9, pf a-wedfling of interest,to New Zealand.: r-The- bride, Miss Eleanor Isobel '.Ensor, was born at; Befton, Canterbury,"''-: Zealand, where her mother,; Mrs.; J. 7 C. Butt, was' also horn. ; Mrs. Butt is. 1 tho secijid daughter of tho late Mr. Charles,. . Pemberton, C.E., of Seftori,. and her first husband was thoJate Mr. E. AMo/Flem-. ing Ensor, formerly of Dalbey, near/Bal-. cairn, Canterbury, New Zealand.'.;;. The family came to England tweivo years ago on succeeding to the Eollesby Hall estate; but they have a largo number of relatives and friends in both the North and South Island. The bridegroom was Mr. • Charles Ernest Gray, only'son of the Ecv. Alfred" Gray, rector .of I'ilby, Herts. He also has relatives in New. Zealand. There was a New Zealand touch in the greeting, "Kia ora," over the entrance. ; .to. "Korvai,", the; residence of the bride's family at Eollesby: The.Now Zealand .flag was also, . hoisted,-and the wedding party included af number of former residents in' Now Zealand. Tho /village was decorated ■ for tho occasion, arid the bridal party's, route: from "Korvai" to the church was decked with flags. Tho..bride wore satin charm-, eux, trimmed with pearls and true lovers' knots, and carried a shower bouquet oi carnations, lilies of. the valley, and tube roses. She was given away by her.stepfather, Mr. JVC:Butt. The bridesmaids wero Misses May and Eva Ensor (sisters of- the bride) and Misses Edith and Her- . tniono Gray (sisters of .the-bridegroom); The rector of Pilby (father of the groom), Eev. A. Gray, performed tho ceremony, assisted by the rector of.Eollesby. After ..a "'reception'- at ."Korvai," the young •• couple left' for Bournemouth,' the bflda wearing a costume .of: brown fancy cloth, trimmed w|th gpld arid pale blue, and brown silk hat, with blue 1 wing. ... Mr. T. E. Donne,' Commissioner .of '■ Trade and Immigration, has been visiting 1 Bristol;'-to discuss with tho leading busi' ness men pf the western port tho possibilities of direct trade with New Zealand. •: ; .''•••''..' ' .: Tho following gentlemen,, members of 1 tho University of New Zealand, who were ; recently licensed to practise by the Eoyal . ,College of Physicians, have now been ; - admitted members: of the Eoyal College' 1 of Surgeons:—Arthur T. •. I'riedlander,/ Thomas ' Alexander''Milroy, : Sydnoy" Hat-' land Ward, and John Mitchell Hehaffey.. Mr. Guy H. Scholeheld, who is a prize--1 man pf the University of "New; Zealand, ■ and whp.is now engaged in journalistic ■ work in London, is. the author of a '..volume published-this week'under: the' ''■ title "New Zealand in Evolution, Indus- ! trial, Economic, 7and PoliticaL" - Mr. , Pember Keovcs, late: High' Commissioner 1 for. Now .Zealand, contributes an intre--1 ducticn.' .- , . ;• Miss Lucy Broad. 6poke at'a recent meet(ng; of the Manchester Women's, \ Christian Temperance Association on '"the? I -no-license movemerit in" New Zealand)' ; -which had, she said, resulted in a wonder- . ful awakening of the .conscience of'.the ~ .people in regard, to tho-drink traffic. ' , -,'Mr. E.'M-'Nab,.who'is in London.making researches', ihto the records of' early- ; Now Zealand history, has pbtained por- ■ mission to examine in Paris the logs.of r the- French ships which founded the AkaI roa settlement in the early days,' and will : leave London shortly for France. 1 'The Eey. Edward Woodhouse, of Dun- > cdm, is on a visit to his relatives at Old- ' ham, Lanes., He came to'Euglanil last ' May, on'account' of .'a breakdown'in ..health, arid-.'is now greatly improved. 1 Most.of his time has been spent at Old--1 ham,' but he has also visited 1 the Lakes, : Lincolnshire, Shropshire, and London.