NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

« >- PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. London, March 2. The Kev. ,1. A. liultri?s, of Morecambc, Lanes., who has just completed a journey tn New "calaiul and back, lectured at Morecambo on his experiences week. Mr. Irvpn Raymond, of Invercargill, who contested uii.-uce.'ssf'illy a scat for Carlisle at the recent general election, was presented to tiu King at. his Majesty's levee on Thursday. The High Commissioner for New Zealand made tho nrc.-i; llation. llr. and Mrs. Kirkealdic, of Wellington, and their, two daughters, who are spending a short time in London, have lately returned from a month's motoring tour on Hie Continent. They to:ik their own car, and in the courso'of a delightful trip visited Aries, Avignon, Nimes, and Paris.

Brigadier-General R. JI. Davies, C.8., late of tho New Zealand Dafenci , I'orce, was presented to the Kine at his Majesty's lirst levee last wrek. The presentation was made on the appointment of Brigadier-General Davies to command a brigade, and Lieiitonant-General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien, K.C.8., acted as his sponsor.

Jfr. J. V. Thomson, of Napier, is renewing acquaintance with London after twenty-eight years' absence, revisiting old scenes, seeking relations and business friends, and studying various matters of municipal int?rcst. He is accompanied by his son, Mr. W. N. Thompson, and will probably remain for a few months longer in England.

Professor Bickertnn, of Christchnrcli, lectured on "Tho Bifth of Wcrld's," nt (ho Imperial College of Science at .South Kensington on Thursday and on Friday evening read a paper :it a meeting of the British Astronomical Association. _On Monday he lectured to the London University Students' IJn'on. The l'iofe?sor has now taken a flat at Hampstead.

The many friends of Mr. W. A. Beecroft, formerly of Hastings, will regret to hear of his sudden death last week. Mr. Beccroft, who used to run a line of coaches in tho Hawke's Kiy district in the early days, and was a very wellknown figure, came to England about three years ago, and bought' a fine property at AVroxham, in Norfolk.

An Anglo-New Zealand marriage took place a few'days ago at St. John the Evangelist, New Briggatc, Leeds, the bridegroom being Mr. Walter Harry Bell, of Leeds, and the bride Miss Blanche Maude Zenibia Ball, youtuest (laughter of Mrs. Bell, of Oakland; New Zealand. The bride wore a sown of ivory satin, with a long train, and her bridesmaids, Miss Fenton and Miss Crowther, were also in ivory. ' . A young Auckland pressman, Mr. George E.. Laycock, and Mr. W. Buchanan, also of Auckland, who have just arrived iii London, made the journey from New Zealand in an unconventional way. Mr. Laycock wanted a long sea voya.se for the' sake of Ms health, and being eomiiiissioustl to write several articles on "The Life of a Sailor," he shipped at Auckland as a deck hand along with his friend, Mr. Buchanan, on the cargo steamer Clan MacLaren. They hope to start back for Auckland in a week or two.

Recent callers at the High Commissioner's Office have been:—Miss A. Maud Moreland, Miss A. B. Weir (Christchurch), A. St. G. Hamcrsley, M.P., 5. E. Williams (Auckland), Miss Winifred N. H. Howell (Timaru), Miss Phyllis Boult (Auckland), Mrs. S. P. Boyle (Wellington), Miss Barbara Walt (Timaru), Mr. 0. Watt (Ha:nnden), Mr. A. Watt (Dunedin), Mr. F. 11. Barber (Wellington), Mrs. Walter and the Misses Nathan (Welliu'ton), Brother Bcrjjia (Auckland), E. G. JFrogbrook (Auckland), W. J. Smith (Auckland), Mrs.,' Miss V., and Mr. J. Thompson (Invtrcnrgili).

Br. Borgia, S.A., of the Marist Brothers Order in Auckland, has , just arrived ia Loiulon, via the Continent, on a visit lo the Old Country. His principal objoct in coming to Europe is to see as much as possible of the work in schools, particularly in secondary schools and training colleges. Br. Borgia left Auckland a iittle over a year ago, and after spending some months in Sydney, visited Lyons. Modarie, and Turin, proceeding thence to Grugliasco, a village about five miles from Turin, where at the Mother House of the Marist Order, in company with forty brothers, he spent six months in following a course of ascetic and pedagogic studies. Milan, Lucerne, Arlon, Brussels, Bruges, and Antwerp were all visited before Br. Borgia came on to London, and his programme for the next two or. three months includes I rips to Ireland nml Scotland, Paris and Rome. He leaves by the Orsova from Naples on Hay 20.

Sir William Russell, for many years Leader of the Opposition in the New Zealand Parliament; Jlr. ,T. \Y. Joynt, of the New Zealand University staff; Mr. Henry Hill, Inspector of Schools in the Hawke's Bay district; Mr. Wakefield, nephew of the famous Gibbon Wakefield, and a former member of the New Zealand Parliament; Lord Durham, a grandson of the Lord Durham who was one of the leaders of the first Sow Zealand Company; and Sir William Hall-Jones, High Commissioner for New Zealand, took part in a discussion which followed the reading of a paper by Jlr. Guy IT. Hcholefield on "The Origin of the Ne-,v Zealand Nation," at the Royal Colonial Institute. Anions those prs&rnr at the lecture were T.ady Russell, Major Alexandra, Lord Ranfurly's private secretary when the latter was Governor of New Zealand; Captain J. L. Parfirr, Dr. J. Vincent Bell, Jlr. ami Mrs. H. H. Wall, Mrs. and Miss Hill, Mr. Gilbert Anderson, Miss C. de Thierry, Mr. T. R. , Ward, Mr. ,T. S. Hyslop, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burr, Mrs. and Miss Ejcholefield, Mrs. RoiiF-JTarten, Mr. \V. R. Wilson, Mrs. Scarle Grossman, and Mr. C. L. Margouliett.