LONDON PERSONALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 18

LONDON PERSONALS

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, April 18. Lady Craigavon, in the course of a short travel talk before the "Windsor "Women's Unionist Association, in BelEast, described the most beautiful, the most eerie, the must curious, and the most interesting places she had ever visited. The most beautiful was the Franz Josef Glacier in the South Island of New Zealand; the most curious was the glow-worm cave in the North Island, and the most eerie the geysers which she had seen during her tour. The most interesting and at the same time the most picturesque place she had visited was the island of Bali, in the Dutch East Indies. "However much one travels, the biggest thrill of all is when one sees one's own home shores again," Lady Craigavon remarked in conclusion.

Miss G. Sterling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sterling, Wellington, who has been studying at the London School of Dramatic Art under . Miss Gertrude Pickersgill, has succeeded in passing her L.T.C.L. examination.

Miss Jessie Anderson is at Gleneagles. She was present as a spectator at the Scottish Golf Assistants' trial for the British Assistants' Tournament at Gullane. On the following day, the first two rounds in the East of Scotland Ladies' Championship were played at Bruntsfield Links, and a rearrangement of the districts allowed the New Zealander to play. Miss Anderson won her two matches. She beat Mrs. J. M. Duncan, who, as Miss Mary "Wood, won the Scottish title, ten years ago, by 7 and 6, and then she overwhelmed Miss G. Pearson by 9 and 7.

Dr. Vida Lemon (formerly of Dunedin and Gore) holds the position of anaesthetist on the honorary medical staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. ' .

Miss Norma Welch. (Wellington) spent Easter in Norfolk, near Sandringham. . Dr. Kathleen Todd and Miss Moyra Todd were at Bodiam, Kent, for the holiday weekend. Miss Gwenda Norman-Jones has gone to Arlberg for winter sports. She will come back to .London by way of Vienna. Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Facer (Wellington) have spent an enjoyable month in London and have paid a short visit to Nottingham. In a few weeks' time they will set out on a tour through Great Britain and Ireland. Professor H. G. Denham and Mrs. Denham (Christchurch) will remain in London during this month to become acquainted with London life. The Professor is also renewing old University friendships and is visiting the numerous laboratories (science), not only those associated with the Universities but also with Government' activities. In a few weeks' time, he and his wife propose to motor through the Southwest of England and Wales, visiting the usual scenic spots and such universities as Oxford, Reading, Bristol, and Aberystwyth. This tour will be followed by three more weeks in London, when Dr. Denham will be engaged' on similar work as previously. Visits will then be paid to the Midlands, Manchester, and Liverpool. Towards the end of June the Professor will attend an important congress on Applied Chemistry (International), to be held in London. Then he will go to the Congress of' the British Universities, to take place in Cambridge in July. After this a tour will be made of the North, the English lakes, and Scotland. In September, at Blackpool, there will be the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and this will be followed shortly afterwards by a conference of representatives of: the Councils of Scientific and Industrial Research from England and the Dominions, to be held in London towards the end' of the month.

The Rev. J. Russell Wilford and Mrs. Wilford have returned to the Channel Islands ( after having spent Nthe winter months travelling in Majorca, Gibraltar, and Morocco.

nMi;- a? d sUvs- J- W- Matthewson (Wellington), accompanied by their two daughters, arrived on Easter Monday After spending two months sightseeing in England and Scotland, they will return to New Zealand via India, the Malay States, and Java. Captain and Mrs. G. HumphreysDavies (Cleveden, Auckland) have been staying at Lydney Park,as the guests of Lord and Lady Bledisloe. I hey had a most wonderfully interesting time, and were amazed at Lord Bledisloe's activities in connection with his farms. On arrival in London, by the Waiwera, Captain HumphreysDavies spent some time putting in reZT£ >V VY ?* the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in connection with his study of Oriental porcelain. He came into personal contact with some of the most Irnious collectors, all of whom have extended great hospitality to himself and his wife. . ■

Mrs. Spicer (Remuera, Auckland) and her daughter, Miss' Peggy Spicer who left England last December for Egypt to stay in Ma'adi with Mr O Gore Adams, are leaving on April 8 by the Ormonde on the return journey, to New Zealand after a . absence of a year. Mrs. Spicer and Miss Spicer and Mr. Adams recently held a very successful exhibition in Cairo of their water-colours and lino cuts. While in Egypt the opportunity was taken of a trip to Palestine, which proved most enjoyable. Mr. Adams will also travel by the Ormonde to spend a few months in New Zealand after an absence of nearly twenty years.

■ Lord Hewart, the Lord Chief Justice, subjected his New Zealand-born wife to a little badinage at the senior speech day of the Woodhouse School Fmchley. Lady Hewart distributed the prizes and made a short speech to the pupils. Responding to the vote of thanks to Lady Hewart, Lord Hewart said that she had taken a lot of trouble about her speech. "Ever since some months ago, you induced my wife to come here, the house h; been full of groans and sighs by night," he explained. "She has lost her appetite and has even been irritable with, the little dog. I am thankful now that it is all over. Tomorrow we :. ;gin a new regime."

Miss Christine Parr is en route for New Zealand, via Australia. She left Tilbury by the Narkunda on April 3 Several weeks will be spent in Sydney before making connection for New Zealand. Miss Julia Herrick is also on board. Miss Parr decided to go only a few days before the Narkunda left.