NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2217, 1 August 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES .FROM LONDON. ~ • London, July 16. # Mr. C.-Keid, of CHristchurch, is staying at Brown's Hotel, Dover Street. Hβ will be here until December. . Mr. Edward O'Rourke, of Christchurch, has gone on a-visit to Ireland. He returns to this country in August Mr. NorrieSyme, of Hanora, will remain till the-end of August. In the meantime he goes to Paris, Scotland, and Ireland. Mr. W. R: Wright, of Auckland; has been paying visits in South Devon, and after a short, stay in' London intends going to Scotland. •',■■■ Mr. A. T. Bothamiey, clerk of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, and the Misses-P. and H. E; Bothamiey, leave for home W September 3; ■'.■■• ■

Mr.-William Armstrong, of- Christchurch, left last week for Belfast, and returns to London, iii time, to spend'a ; fortnight with friends before leaving for New Zealand on August ■ 30J Mr. Maurico Si Caro, of Auckland, arrived here via Manila, Japan, Siberia, Russia, Austria, Germany, and Paris He leaves for New York on July 17, en route for homo by Vancouver; Mr. Walter Williams, of Auckland, who is accompanied by Misses Pawa, Susan, and Huia Williams; is ai present staying with them at Bxeter, in Devon. They leave on their rteurn on. August 6. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice. Harding,! of Auckland, are in London "after backblocking for forty years." : They willattend the Royal Agricultural' Show and-then lour.the United Kingdom before returning home via the Far East Mr. William ■ Kenneth Eady, of Palmerston North, has ireturned from tho Continent, where ho spent six months visiting Holland, Germany, nad France. Ho leaves for America in two months' time, sailing thence for Now Zealand in December. .

i\ Tho Misses L. and; E. AitcWson of Dunediu, -go to Scotland and Ireland at the end of the month.. They return to London for August, and leave at tho beginning of September for the Continent, joining the Orsova at Naples en roll to for homo. '•.-'. ■■'■'■ •

The Rev., S. and Mrs. Griffith and their : daughter; Miss Gladys Griffith, M.A., Christchnrcli, leave ; tlu's week for a short tour of tlie Contiirent, returning in time to attend, tho Wesleyan Mothotlist Conference at Leeds. After that they propose visiting Scotland, the English Lakes, Cornwall, and Devonshire. '..'.■■

Mr. David Latimer, Auckland; who has-been travelling in England, Scotlaud, Ireland, and America, has just returned from a six months' tour on the Continent,. and . will: bo in London for about six months ~ s .' ■ . . .

Mr. aiidl Mrs. E. E. Daniels, of Christchurchj. arrived via America, whoro they .-spent-seven-weeks.. iVftor staying for six. weeks in England they go to the. Continent, visiting Franco, Germany,- and probabily Switzerland. Later , oh\tl)"y intend going to Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. ; Mr. and Mrs. William Broughton, of Canterbury, -with their two sons, Spen-■cfltaud'KeitJi-inlteadremaifliiig iu Lou«:,

don for, a-few weeks before motoring through England arid Scotland, arid at tending Keswick Convention in- July Later they, hope to ..spend a few weeke on the . Continent. ' Mr. S. H. Davenport, of Auckland wlio.isaccompaniedby Miss and Mr. N 11. Davenport, leaves shortly on a three months' motor tour of Great Britain. They' later/saikfor the United States and Canada, returning to Auckland via Fiji and Honolulu at the end of :'the year. '■'■■.'. ..•.-■ - After, completing' an engagement in the North of England, Mr. W.L.'Parker, B.Ei, of Inyercargill, has returned to London. :He is now to joiii Sir' Alexander. Kennedy and Mr.' S. B.Donkin, vrho are , consulting engineers concorne< with' many of the power developments in Great Britain.. ■,' . ' ' . Adjutant H. Charles Cook, of Wellington,' is one of the 40 New Zealanders who,have como over'to attend tne International ' Congress of the Salvation Army. He.is at present staying with his sister, ;Mrs'ijGeorge Cairns, .in.Grosvenor Roadj' Westminster. Later on he visits Scotland, Wales, and the North and South of Bnglatfd before returning in July. ' : ' _ Sir. George,_ Albert Thompson,-of'-Wel-lington,, who is,-a member of the United Labour Party, of-New Zealand, is , spending six-months in .Europe, arid in order to become'.'acquainted with the ■conditions of the poor of London.he has been living in. so'nio ;of the worst East End slums.. Mr.' Thompson is : the,6on of Mr. • Arthur .Thompson, of Wellington, the first'white'person born there. His present address is 54 Boupell Street,, Lambeth. -. •■ .. ... , '■..' .'.' ■ ■ Several .'members' of the British AVomen's Emigrution- Association, accompanied by Miss Kussell, of New Zealand, who is looking into matters'of emigration "while over here on behalf of the New Zealand Government, had : an interview on'Thufsdny with' the.High Commissioner,;.Slr. Palliser, and Mr. Donne, to discuss | matters in connection - with sending servants to New Zealand. Mi - . Justice Chapman gave ail address on universal military training' in New Zealand at : thp annual, meeting of the Wimbledon and Morton Division of the National Service League, which was held on June '3.' In the course of his speech ho .stated that ttao population of New Zealand was only one million, hut* there would be one hundred thousand meiy and boys'jh training, or ready for training. There was now in New Zea-i land nothing more popular than service in the Territorial Forces and the camping it involved. . '