ON TOUR AT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1706, 25 March 1913, Page 5

ON TOUR AT HOME.

LONDON . PERSONALS. London, February-),t. -•Lord Ranfurly, who has been ill with' influenza nt Lennox Gardens for somo t.imo pasty is reported to bo ranking a Rood recovery. ' Colonel IV G. Goring returns to' Keiv Zealand in a few months. .Mr. and Mrs. James F. Laing, of. Wellington, will, probably go > for iv trip on tlio Continent before leaving by the Or- ( Sdvft in March. Mr. Alfred Yowles, of Gisborne, is again ■ ■ in-'London, on business connected. ".withl mining. Tlio length of his stay is not dp-, eided. - - > ' »••••• • •>>•••*•.•••.• Mr. D. Latimer, who arrived from New Zealand'in December, is going on a tour in Scotland and Ireland, before leaving for tie - Continent. •• . " ' 1 • Mrs. E. J. and Miss Hiddiford, of tlio Lower Hutt, are in London, and staying at Atliersto'ne Terrace, Gloucester Road.-! jlr. John H. Jones, of l'uketika, intends ' going shortly into Hampshire) and Cornwall, and after remaining in England for;, some : months, will visit France. Mr. and Mrs., L. 11. Robinson arrived hero last month 'by the Orainn. tend to stay for six months and to visit, Scotland, Ireland, and Paris before rei 'turning home, .via. America. ~ . Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brittenden and' their son antt daughter, of Christcliurch, are Staying at 25 Bushwood Road, ICew.Miss Irene Brittenden is studying at the' - Guildhall School of Music.

Hiss C. 'I'!. Duniergue, of' 'Opqtiki,.,' has been'staying with relatives,-'amongst whom aro lier uncle, the Bishop of Ripon.. ! She 'leaves for New. 1 Zealand by tlio Roto- ' rua to-morrow. Jfr. Alexander Clark, who was one (if tlio Jligli Commissioner's guests on tlioj ■New Zealand on Monday week, later,;pro->,' sented'a very handsome silver bowl to' tlio ship, a small sign; o ? "W? ..admiration of the gift of New Zealanders. ' Mr. Robert Geo. Rbss, of Christchurch, Nvlio came here "via'''Canada ' and tho United States, leaves' for. New Zealand this week, after making Edinburgh, whero ho has relatives, his'headquarters. Mr. Ross has travelled' all, over tho British ,I'slands. ' ■ "' In accordance with tho expressed wish of tlio High Commissioner 'for New Zealand, tho dinner of welcome, which was, ito have'been given -to liini at the British Empire Club on 'Wednesday next, has been until .'Wednesday, .April'.. 2, when 31r. .Winston Churchill will,-pre-:, 'side. ' ... " '.... At the Hotel Metropole last Thursday" ; evening .MivC. 13.-W. Bean invited a ! few ■friends; most,pf. them, press men, to meet* at dinner. Colonel -Aliens- Minister for Defence of tho Dominion. Those presenti included ' Jtiv Hnrry' Gnllelf, Mr. Grigg (London ""Times"),.Mr.-.13. 11. Short, Mr, E. It. Garnsey, and Sir. C. 11. Cliomley, 'Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, of 'i.iick-: land, aro visiting Eiighirid, their address being c.o. Commonwealth' Bank of' Atis-, tralia, .17 Moorgnte,. Street. .13,(j. • ■■■: «! Mr. and Mrs.. Joseph .Wilson,, of-Auck- i hind, recently arrived in London, ; and will, be in England until November.' TheirV address is 170 Spaißoad, Thornton .Heath. Sir.'G. Sthedler, who .4ias been a wino grower in the Auckland district for the teii.years,, has-been-visiting Switzer- < land, his unlive country, .after having spent some'time in Australia. Mr. Schertler also visited . Southern. Italy, the Riviera, '/Algeria, and Germany., whence' lie travelled up the Rhine to . Switzerland. He is now in Loiulon. where lie intends'to' enter business for the-present. The High Commissioner and Colonel A.. •-W. Robin, C.8., C.M.G. (of'tlie New Zealand Staff' Corps);"wero presented to"'tho' King nt tho levee at Buckingham Palace, the former -by the Secretary of .'State fpr-tho-Colonies, the-latter, on his'appoiiiH ment to the Dominion Section oi' tli'a' General' I Staff at'the:'War Oflice, by the Inspector-General of the Home.Forces. Mr, and' Mrs. C. 11. Poole, of Auckland, havo jnst returned to ■England:from'- a-trip to Ireland and the Isle of 'Man. Tliey now go on to Halifax., . New Zenlaiiders shortly expected ill Lon-' don inehuie the Rev. E. B. Cowx, of-Wni-pawa (who is coming over to study medicine); Mr. J. Pugh, of ' Limvood.' Christchurch; Mrs, and Miss Wylie, of Wellington: -Mrs. Archer, of Christolrarch, mid her son and daughter; Mr. F.-M.-Wallace; Miss ■ Lorna Maclean, of Wellington, who. is to bo married shortly after her arrival-in England;; .'Sir.- J," Roberts, C.-M'.G., and Mr. and Sirs. ;Ji Itcssoy, of .'Ma'sterton. .