ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1230, 12 September 1911, Page 6

ON TOUR AT HOME.

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. London, August 3. Mi\ G. P. Armstrong, of 'i'aranaki, left for New Zealand, via New York mid Canada, on the 29th by the Lusitania. Mr. Horace Cottrell, oi Napier, has been touring in tho Highlands, and will bo in London again from August 8 until tho 18th. Miss G. Gray, of Port Chnlmors, is paying a fortnight's visit (o Liverpool. Later she goes for a Continental tour with a party of friends. Mr. P. A. Do la Mare, 8.A., of Wellington, has returned from an extensive cycling tour of England and Scotland, and loaves this week for the Continent en route to New Zealand. Mr. Edwin Toms, of Palmerston North, arrived in England somo weeks ago, and has since been visiting relatives in Dorset and Somerset. Ho leaves for New Zealund by tho Ruahino in October. Mr. H. T. Morton, o'f Auckland, who was educated at King's College, Cambridge, is now working for his linal honours degree in law. He is spending his summer vacation at tho Austrian Tyrol.' 'l'ho Misses M'Gregor (Masterton), Stewart, and Dencker, ol Wellington, have arrived in England, and intend visiting various centrcs of interest in Great Britain and Switzerland l>eloro returning to New Zealand by the liuahine on October 20. Dr. W. C. Ring, of Auckland, leaves England on August 7 by the North Ger-man-Lloyd lino lor Sydney, en route ior tho Waikato, his home. Mrs. William L. Turnbull, of Auckland, and her sou, Mr. Henry L. Turnbull, have recently returned to London from a visit to Switzerland and Paris, and will soon go-on to tho West of England. They return by tho Orontes, sailing on November 21. Mr. J. Morrison, of Napier, Mr. C. 1 Ward, of Wellington, ami Mr. Arthur Fisher, of Lytteiton, are in England on holiday, and will probably bo hero for the next throe or four months. Mr. Morrison left ior Manchester this week for a fortnight's visit. Later he hopes to go north.

Mr. Wonzel H. Collie, organist of St. Thomas's Church, Wellington, arrived in London somo wc?k;> ago, and leaves on llyiug visits to the linglish, Irish, and Scottish lakes. On his return to- New Zealand in September Mr. Collio will be accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Edward Collie, and .his sister, Dr. Maysio Collie. Mrs. J. 11. .Williams and her daughters, of Havclock North (llawke's Bay), aro shortly expected in itagland, as are also Mr. and Mrs. Con Burnett, of AYnnganui; Miss Bnlstrodc, headmistress of the liukarere Maori Girls' School; Mr. and Mrs. i'urby, of Auckland; Mrs. Jainieson, of Glenross; Mr. ii. and Miss 13. Williams, of Hastings. 'I'llfro died at Tunbridgo Wells, last week, at tlie age of 92, Sir William Tyrone Power, somo time Agent-General lor New Zealand, and a veteran ot the Maori war of 1816-7. Iks was created a Knight of tho Order of tho Bath in 18G5, a magistrate and deputv-liouteuant for County Morghnn, and high sheriff in 18(4. Death claimed, another veteran of the New Zealand war of 18G3, last week, in tho person of Major Edward Brutton, late 07th Regiment, who passed away' at the age of 74, at tho Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where he held tho appointment of captain of invalids. Ho was three times mentioned in dispatches at tho New Zealand war of 1553, and was eventually given tho medal. Tho Rer. Frederick Stubbs, of Rotorua, is at present in London making arrangements fer his trip to India, where he will represent a. number of New Zealand and Australian journals at tho Coronation Durbar. In addition to his literary work, Mr. Stubbs has received tc-veral invitations to preach and lecture, and will occupy one of tho Liverpool pulpits during the month of August. An interesting ieaturo of the "through London swim," promoted by tho "Weekly Despatch" Swimming Club, on Saturday reel;, was the n-nearance in tho river of snmo of the M«uri contingent, now in London, in their war c.moe. Attired in Native costume, tho Maoris joined the swimmers at Richmond, and paddled d*wn to London with the leaders, whom they encouraged from timo to time with weird cries. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. M'Millan of Auckland, return by tho Mooltan on November 3. At present a married daughter and her husband, tho Rev. H. D. A. Major, formerly a student of St. John's College, Auckland, and. now vice-principal of the Clergy College at Ripon, are staving with Mr. and Mrs. M'Millan, at Cavendish Square, and, later oft, all go to Ripon together till tho end of August. Mr. and Mrs. M'Millan return to London for September and Octobcr, and havo taken a flat in town for that period. Mr. Martin Taylor, of Auckland, who is a very keen bowler, played recently at tho Crystal Palace in the national championship tournament—pitted against Ross, the champion of Crystal Palace and' Canada. The match was won by London. Sir. Taylor- has travelled extensively in Scotland, Ireland, and the Soutli of England sineo his arrival. Mr. Taylor, talking of bowls, says that he could pick out a team in New Zealand fit to compete England. Ho' will bo in London until ko leaves for Now Zealand in a few weeks' timo.