ABOUT PEOPLE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 33, 7 August 1907, Page 2

ABOUT PEOPLE.

NOTES FROM .LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 28th June. Mr. Henry Sullivan (Wellington) and his mother and sister have experienced a very pleasant round of travel starting from New Zealand in March. They joined ihe P. and 0. steamer Moldavia at Sydney, but disembarked at Port Said in order to make a twelve days' tour in i'alastine, returning thence to Port Said on route for London, via Italy and France. Mr. G. A. Kennedy (Wellington) and Mrs. Kennedy intend to spend seveinl months touring about before going out to Now Zealand. Tho degree of M.D. has recently been conferred upon Dr. R. S. Stephenson (Dunedin), by the Edinburgh l&niversity, where the past two months have been spent in working up for the necessaryexamination. A London sporting writer says : " The New Zsaland jockey, L. Hewitt, has not had much succass in* the saddle (of late, but at Ascot he found compensation, for dispppointments. He was selected "by Mr. W. B. Pnvefoy to ride that tleman'c Royal Hunt Cup cvididate L->Uy (Amphlon— Miss Hoyden) which, carrying Bst, beat 23 other horses, in eluding many better fancied animals. Lally had the race in hand after five furlongs had been covered, and won in a cantor, though only by half a length, thus bringing off a nice 100 to 6 coup for Ili3 Notheravon cL-blo. Hewitt is the first colonial jockey to havo the inouni on a winner for the Hunt Cup, hv.t two American jor-l;eys,Johnny Rciff and Lynham, have secured the rac?, the former on Royal Flush,* and the latter on Aii'lover (second to Lally this year) in 1903." ' A London paper mentions that tho estato in the United Kingdom of tho late Mr. John Tinline, of New Zealand, has been sworn not to exceed £88,402. At the beginning of this week tho death occurred of Mr. F. Shepherd, who has been for many years on the staff ot the Bank of New Zealand, lattsrly as accountant. Some three months ago Mr. Shepherd was taken ill, and he passed away on Monday in the 59th year of his ago, leaving a" widow and three children. His relative, Mr. Alexq.nder> Michie, who lately arrived from New Zealand was with him toward the end. This week tho callers at tho London Office of tho New Zealand Government have included : — Mr. and Mrs. Lieber (Wellington) ; Mrs. J. J. Peacock (Christchurch) ; Mr. L. M'Mastcr (ChristaKurch) ; Mr. H. Adair-(Gis-borne); Mr. W. Hall (Wellington) ; Mrs. E. W. Morrison (Auckland) ; Miss Kargreaves (Christchurch) ; Mr. P. T. Kenway (Gisborne) ; Mis. and Miss Morcton Olliver (Christchurch) ; Mr. R. W. Simpson (Timaru) ; Mr. J. O. Sanderson (Christchurch) ; Mrs. A. Riddell (Wellington) ; Miss Lucy Barron (Dunedin) ; Mrs. and Miss Walter (Auckland) ; ' Mr. and Mrs. H. Bulls (Auckland) ; Mr. W. C. C. Birch (Rangitikci); Mrs. Johanna Myers (Auckland) and the Misses Myers ; m J. D. Minion (Chrislchurch) ; Mr. C. Burnby (Gore) ; Miss A Laidlaw ; Mr. H. Joostcn (Wellington) ; Mr. G. L. Lay (Wellington) ;. Mr. Elliott Fleming (Christchurch) ; , Mr. F. N. Christie (Christ'churchh Miss 'Lewis (Ckristcmirch)-'; Miss Sara Cohen (Wellington) ; Mr. James Hall (Dunedin) ; Mr. W. Howard (Auckland). The news of Sir 'John Hall's death was received with sincere regret, by what it is the custom to call "the New Zealand Colony" in London, which numbers many who in former days had been closely associated with him either politically or otherwise, and by all of whom he was held in the highest respect and regard. Most of the leading papers have obituary notices of him, but these merely consist in recapitulation of the principal incidents in his long and honourable career. Last Saturday afternoon, Professor Stewart Macpherson, of tho Royal Academy of Music, who some years ago went out to New Zealand to conduct the musical examinations on behalf of that institution, and who is, moreover a son-in-law of Dr. Kemp, formerly of Welliugton, gave a specially interesting concert in the Broad wood Hall. Ita particular feature consisted in the f:\ct that every item of n»usic performed was an original composition by one or other of Professor Macpherson's pupils. These compositions, which ranged over a wide variety of styles and characters, were invariably of much merit, reflecting great crec"t alike upon the young composers and upon their able instructor. On Tuesday evening — the same evening, by the way, as the annual conversazione of the Royal Colonial Institute — Madame Minna Fischer gare her students' annual concert ; it took place at tho Bechjtein Hall, when a number of talented young ladies were among Ihe performers. Chief honours of the evening were, , however, carried off by Miss Nora Long (Wellington), 4md Miss Beatrico Mirapda (Australia). ' Of the former, a critic who was able to be present writes:— "Miss Nora Long, who has a well-cultivated and flexible lyric-soprano voice, sang 'Te souyiens-tu' (Godard), an air from 'Manon' (Massenet) with great expression and intclligonce and charming archness of manner. 'Aimc-moi 1 (Chopin), which was brilliantly sung, was greatly appLuded. Misses "Long, Miranda and Gwen Chaplin sang the Rhine-maidens' trio from 'Gotterdammerung' with much success. Mr. F. Clutsam was tho accompanist, and, as js added, 'much praise is due to Madame Minna Fischer, who is to be highly complimented on the general excellence and flnished style of all her pupils.' '*