NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1170, 4 July 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. London, July li. Miss Mavis and Mi>s l-'.uid Itced, of Christchurch; arrived in England recently on a visit to relatives in - this country. Mr. C. .Hudson, London manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company, j-cturn-cd tu the metropolis a. fortnight ago. Sir William Russell-has iiow recovered from a severe attack of influenza,, which confined him to-his'room for eight or nine days.' .Mr. J. G. Ilaine and his wife are at present in London, and expect to remain here until, some time after the Coronation, returning to New Zealand by the Bremen in October. 'Mrs..J. M. Mare, of New Zealand and West Australia, left Hie latte! place last August for the benefit of her health, and, at tho same time, to place her daughter at a school in Surrey Mr. A. Casellierg has recently joined his wife and children in London, and will stay here till after the Coronation. ■He then proposes to tour the English and Scottish Lake districts, and will probably leave' for New Zealand in October. Mr. Justice Palmer, Judge of the Nafivo Land- Court, arrived by. the Otway last Saturday week, on a visit to the Old Country. He is accompanied' by Mrs. Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kidd, of Auckland, were passengers by the same boat. . Lady and Miss Russell, Mr. and .Miss Beetham', of Masterton, Miv A. Myers, of Wellington, and Mr. Hethell, of Masterton, .were among the New Zealand guests at Countess BathursPs reception at 12 Belgraye Square last week. . ■ Mr. Jos. Tait, of Christchurch, and Mr?. Tait are ill London, and will stay hero till the end of .Tune, then visiting relatives in Scotlaud. before touring the United Kingdom and Europe. Tliey return to New Zealand by the Orsova on September 1. Mr. H. C. Butler, who was honorary A.D.C. to Lord Ranfurly in New Zealand for somo years, „ was among tho callers last week at the High Commissioner's. Since, leaving Wellington, Mi. Butler has lived chiefly abroad,- and ho is now visiting London for.the season. Mr. Thos. Chapman,'' Mr. J. Chapman, Miss Chapman, and Mrs. Dampier-Cross-ley arrived in England a few days ago by wa'y of Vancouver, Chicago, N«w ctc. After the Coronation they ffill go on tour in Scotland and. the provinces, later spending somo weeks ou the 'Continent. Dr. J. N. Gabites, who is well known in both Christchurch and Linacre, who arrived in England a few weeks, ago, proposes to remain here for some years. After a visit to Paris, he will return to London for tho Coronation, subsequently making motor tours in England and Scotland and on the Continent. Mr. Allan Hopkins and his wife and three daughters, of Christchurch, arrived in London by the Corinthic. They will bo here for tho Coronation, and Mr. Hopkins also hopes 'to attend several Masonic functions.. They intend later to tour the United Kingdom, and, probably, tho Continent! Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Graham, of Milton (Otago), who recently arrived in London, are travelling primarily on account of Mrs. Graham's health,-and are at present touring in Devon and Cornwall. After the Coronation they visit Scotland, and will then tour for some weeks on the Continent.- Mr. and Mrs, Graham anticipate returning by way of America and Japan.

One of the members of the New Zealand military contingent for the Corona-tion—Sergeant-Major ,C. W. Martin—was landed at Plymouth from the. Corinthic, suffering from appendicitis,. and -taken' to hospital. News reached the High Commissioner a few days ago, however, that the patient has now recovered. Tho Primate of New Zealand and Mrs. Nevill arrived in London a fortnight ago, and arc makinsr their headquarters at tho Worcester Hotel, Courlfield Gardens. After attending the Coronation, they propose to. visit friends and relatives iii various parts of the country. Tho Primate's visit to the Old Country jras. tqlcen partly with a view to coasultiiig .\vftli tlio architect of tile proposed cathedral for Dunedin, and partly in order to attend the Coronation, for which he will have a seat in tho Abbey.

Among the numerous colonial • aud American competitors for tho 10th Ladies' ] Golf Championship at Portrush, County I Antrim, were Miss Vida Collins, of Wellington, and Miss B.Grainger, also of-New Zealancl. Miss Grainger was beaten in the, first round. Miss Collins survived j until, in the fourth round, she met more tlian her match in Miss Bertha Thomp-' soil, who had been Miss Grainger's conqueror in the first round, and beat her by the same margin''as Miss Collins, namely, 3 up and 2 to play. Miss Margaret Sale, late of : Dunedin, was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding, oil Tuesday, of Mr. Hamar Greenwood, tho well-known M.P., to Miss Margery Spencer, daughter of-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer, ofFawnhope Court, Hereford. There were five bridesmaids in attendance on the bride, and they were gowned in picturo dresses of ivory satiD, with largo cream tagel hats, ornamented with pink plumes. They carried bouquets of pink carnations and maplo leaves tied on to staves, and wore pink enamel pendants, or gold chains, tho gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. and Xrs. Haverson, who, with their family left Wellington some months ago, with the intention of settling permanently in England, where Mr. Haverson's property and interests chiefly are, have not yet definitely decided whether the climate will permit them to do so. Their initial experience was not satisfactory. Within n month of landing, two of their children wero ill with diphtheria, and tho doctor advised a change of residence. Mr. and Mrs. Haversen therefore took a house at Tunbridge Wells, and' have determined to try yet another, cold season in Englaod before deciding whether to return to tho Dominion lor good. ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Georgo and their two sons, of .Wellington, arrived in Naples by tho Orsova, and travelled to England via Rome, Switzerland, and Paris. Mr. George will probably stop in this country lor about, eighteen months or two years, .uid his two sons will take up business positions in London, with a view to gaining experience here. ' Mr, George left last week for Leeds," to represent New Zealand at tho National Council of Y.M.C. Associations, to bo held in that city, and he goes next month to Philadelphia as one of the New Zealand representatives to the Baptist World's Congress. On his return he will probably take a-house in the vicinity of London.'In the crowd of four thousand people who accepted their invitation to tho reception at the Dominions Club, on Friday week, at which tho King and Queen, Princess Louise and the Duke of Argyll, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary, were present, it was difficult to find New Zealanders, though very many were present. Amongst those there were to be noticed Sir Josenh, Lady, and Miss Eileen Ward,- Lady Ward's sister, Mrs. Bovs fla to of Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. and the Misses Montague Laing, of Wellington, Sir William, Ladv. and Miss Russell, Mrs. Seddon and the Misses Rubi and Marie Seddon, Mr. and' Mrs. Alfred' Nathan, of 'Auckland, Mr. E. C. E. Mills (Wellington), Ladv Stout. Mr. and Mrs. Gray (Tnrauaki). Mr. A. Myers (Wellington)- Miss Nathan (Auckland). Miss Tlenlhani (Masterfon), Mrs. and Miss Bridge (Canterbury). Mr. John Holmes, Madame Betty Brooke (("'hristehurch), Mr. Robert Turubull (Wellington), Miss Rliind (Wellinitonl. Mis-- Mariorie Michie (Dunedin), Miss Ethel Ttutherford (Mendip Hills). Mr. Carruthers, Miss Lyttelton, Mr. P. A. Yailo-(la(e of Auckland).