NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 9

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL.NOT.ES I;R0M ; :LOND0N;i '■ ; ' ■■' ; .- '-■ ' . ; i; London, -December':3o.'•;' The' New Zealand : A : ssbciation'.'opened'"its winter ,seaspn'a few evenings. ago.with a whist;'drivo"at 'the .Westniiuster Paiaca' Hotel. The attendance jwasjlie. largest yet known at ono. of .these, t unctions,' over. 70 being present.'. 'Mr/'-C/'Wray; Pailiser' had' charge of -. ■ .-Mr. and Mrs.' M,-' ! Gbrringe, of Miingawoka,. who have been • in; England, since, the middle of, June, : intend leaving' on.January 1: on- their return "to. theiDominion, travelling via. Capo .Town-X Visiting ,the._-Old : CountryV.fbr;;pleas'uroi 'they ihave spent a nibntli iri .Scotland, , going : as far north a 6 lnveruessi.and a goodi deal of., their time .has- been. spent; m , Dorset and London., In.October taey wereon'tho (Jontinent,:, and visited Paris,' :Luoerhe, r Venice,.i'lorence,'.and,'Monte,Carlo; f,;.; 1, .; Miss Erances-'lO. psburne-Lillyj.'-',who,"is Auckland born,, hai , had her first book .accepted by Messrs.. L. J. ■ Drane; Limited;who will, publish it under:.'tho :, author's pen naiho of-Curwen Bell. ;-It iHll 'b'eo'a , story; of.. r<ew Zealand life.- Miss:Qsb.urheliilly; .is'.- aihioco of : the .late Mr;.. 1}..8: Lilly, one time editor of the "South-liast-orn .Star," ; Mount Gambier, > and' on ■ the literary.staff.of.the "Ofca'go Daily-Times," and.other papers. Another uncle was the late Mr. Richard Osburne, of the , "Waruaiubool Gazetto.",'/:. ; -." , :;^ V L,-.•:;•'. :■■■■

.Mr; ; Thomas Allen,; of Auckland, ■'it: js interesting to hear, can tell us -something" of ;Mf.'\V;--;T. Stead's famous''•Julia,'.?- because he - had the'honour-of meeting-her-before sho.becanie a spirit,';: Miss AmesJulia's name, iu the last.incarnation—and. Mr.cAllen . met ■ at '.-the '.house-df. Miss

I'rdnces 'Willavd,' then I the world's., prosi-dent-of the Woinen'si Christian :Temper_Ho never-heard. Julia'...Epoakof/anything /concerning. thß ; ;bcbuit,,but says of. her , .- "She-seoms'-Vo' me, to .be ofi a : Very; bright;, cheerfill..dispositio'ii,, -ail. , upf' ti-'datevAmerican , Jwomanj v^oll' ( re'adi'-:jnuch'. travelled,-'and' intelligently.'-interested .ml what-happened in :the world., . ; .Shb impressed me'- as being a .woman of '; strong pprsonality-;dnd at the; Sttme.Himb' sincere! and genuine—as genuine as anyone I ever .met.".'.:■;:;;:■,'.;, ::..;; V V ; :; ,':.;<.\ nv'-.;■:.:,:.

Mr. John Foster Fraser is very.favourably impressed with Zealana -endvNow, 1 Zealaudersj and; ;has many pleasant things to'say of iho'two.'.'-The general.t«mpera-, ment .of .;.tho.; pebpjp' ■he ■"corisidors'. to be more',-English..than ariy ; ;6f;'• the.'.'othcT. colonies' h'e-.has -visifel— this '.h'fS : thinke due, probably,.,to.; tho :fact'that' :the climate raoro; closely'sapprojcimates;) to-.that of. Great,, Britain., v One■,..of',,th^. things. ■Alt.;v Eraser' 6ot v himself '.tp'-'.gtudSf ßawing;, 'his/sfayywas .fine' cljmaio.-. aiii: , ;.if;'WiUl-.be: c mtereetin|.i.tp'2.'Hiß4*-'-,.hi.s'-.views on tho'i' question, : Bβ, ■ iiyes' them.;; -,-. What .impressed the : journalist mbro. than anything «lse rwas-'the.amount of work-done :in;a'short, tjmc, 'nnd ;hO' is.-: of opinion'*that,:.com-ipaia'tively-'.speaking, there 'is :more. public ■life and 'more'town'.pride in'' ; N€w;Zea-. 'land ■ than in' England;', ,-To | the. r Neiv/Zealand press'; (iffoved'muohcongratulation 'alepr.'-rf.^ ; " i ftf, '."?'?'''',■'"'!"' /'•New Zealand i.-.vt to ; have.:.'two..'dis-. tinguished, visitors' ea'rlv/> in the .'New Tear—the :Earl. of ;JDrford'and- Sir Ecgi;. nald Beauohamp—who' leave .■ London' by • tho F; and 0. .Malwa'; on''December -31,.ftntl go Hijough" to 'Auckland! Sir .Reginald "William..' Proctor • Beauchamp., i 9 "noted- both./as. a:-soldier • and. a traveller.- - --it:: the fighting : in ; the : Shipka"'Pass-'-Turks, 1 .;and".c has'i-atravelkdiSwidely'.'- in , I China, Japan; :lh'dia,' r aildv"BurtQah.- ■Hβ I'married ,, in ; 18S0,-.liady': -Viblet: : .'Jdcelyri, daughter. of '.the "sth" Earl; of ' ,"1have. no. plans," : lie'tells -a rep"r'ijsent»tiyo". of i ■■:, the.-.': ■ "BHtish-Aushalasian~i-J: v"but. ishall"..probably stay on until the; "«ii<l of April, and -.intend !'to do a little'fishing.' , .' Urd. Orfordis the son r of ,'the- late/Hpn.:,'Fredk. : ,;'\Valpole > ' M.P;, E.N.. and. is". the fifth /holder, of the .'.title. ■'.•He was secretary to the: Goni-: missioner to ■ ]3astern : : Ebumelia-.in^ieVp, 1 ,to i the same- in 'Egypt ■ in ■IBBG, i ;and.; : was attached'.to .the Earl of.Rbsslyn'Mijsiqn for'the jnarria'ge.'.of. King. Alfonso , XII of ■ Spain; ;; •■,:■;'■;■.;■>■' jKv ■■■- - - ''■' >':.'■■;: