ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1219, 30 August 1911, Page 9

ON TOUR AT HOME.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. London, July 20. Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Andrew, of Now Zealand, huvo returncj from Colombia (South America), anil aro spending a few weeks in London. Mr. Harold Jennings, of Auckland, son of Mr. \V. .lenninijs, M.P., lias joined the staff of the J/mdon branch of tho National Jinnk of .New Zealand. Miss Mab-,4 Tro/.i-p. of Ashburton, is spending July in Scotland. She has already stayed some, weeks in Devonshire anil London, and n<l urns to New Zealand by the Oronios in November. "Mr. Th«> 11. Chapman, of Ashhiirlnn. leaves for' New Ze;il.iiid by the Olnmto on October 13. He has Wn touriiiK this country on a motor bic.vele, prineiiially in tho South-west of England. Jlr. E. Schnficld, of Aiieldand, arrived in May and has spent all his time, except Coronation week, in totinn" in tho provinces, lie has gone to Sheffield for a two years' course in c'/jetrical engineer'"flrs. Mackenzie Hnig (formerly Miss Graco Morrah, of Wellington) lias returned from her honeymoon, and is now "at home" at her residence, 48 liotolpli Mansions, Elgin Avenue. Mr. William M. Johnson, of Christchurch, arrived in England via Honolulu and America, and, after tho Coronation, went to the Isle of Man to witness the tourist trophy motor cycle races. Later lie intends to visit Scotland. Dr. C. G. Long, of Feilding, arrived in London three weeks ngo, after a year snont in studying dentistry in Chicago. Ho expects to stay in London only two months, doing electricity and X-ray work before setting out for New Zealand. Miss Esther A. King, of Timarn, left on Saturday for a fortnight's cruise to" Norway, and then goes to Edinburgh and other parts of Scotlnud • for August and September.. Later she intends to. spend some weeks on the Continent before leav-. ing for New Zealand early next.year. Mr 11. Y. Camoron. of Marlon, left tho Grosser Kurfurst at Suez and visited Cairo and the Pyramids on his way to England. After a short visit in London nnd Manchester, Mr. Cameron had a holiday in Scotland. He now hopes to spend somo months in London before-visiting the Continent and returning to-New Zealand via America. ■■•''""', " , Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Trotter and their two children, lato of Invcrcargill, and now of Wellington, are expected to bo in this country for tho next two months, and then return to New Zealand by wav of Canada. It is their intention to visit Scotland and Ireland; they hope also to bo ablt to ko foi 1 "slibrt turn on the Continent before returning. . The fifteenth annual conference of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew in England was held in London last week. -The Primate of New Zealand preached tho.sermon at Bow Church, Cheapsidc, on Fri-. day. The farewell meeting■■:to. delegates was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Darlington (president of the St. Mart's Tramway Brotherhood of the United Kingdom), assisted by the Rev. Iloauo Parata, of New Zealand.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kershaw, of Wellington, arrived here recently after an absence of thirty-ssven .years, and have been visiting their native- cmn-ty, Lancashire. Mr. Kershaw is a delegate for the New Zealand branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and, with 670 other delegates from various parts of the world, attended the annual conference at Brighton recently. Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw intend (o visit . Scotland and Wales before returning to New Zealand in September.

Mr. J. W. Harding, of Waipukurmi, returned to London a few days agi after five or six weeks' touring, chiefly by motor, in the North of England, Scotland, and Kent, broken. only by a visit to the metropolis for the Coronation. Whilst in Kent, Mr. Harding purchased from a well-known breeder tho champion Romney Mnrsh ram Eltham No. K of 1903. This rtini, for which Mr. Harding gave 300 guineas, is probably- tho finest Komn-ev that has. left the Old Country for tho Dominion?. It . has gained honours wherever shown.