LONDON PERSONALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 112, 13 May 1937, Page 19

LONDON PERSONALS

(FrDm "The Post's" Representative)

LONDON, April 21.

Dr. Agnes Bennett (Wellington)^ is a I passenger to New Zealand by the Port ' Chalmers, which left London for Wel- / lington on April 16. Dr. Bennett spent , several weeks on the Continent and , recently toured Cornwall and Devon- " shire by motor-car. Mrs. H. Harris (New Plymouth) is hoping to gain material for public addresses when she returns to New Zea--7 land, especially on subjects which are : of interest to women. She will attend more than one conference of associations devoted to agriculture and the life of women on the land, and will visit Denmark. Miss I. Edwin (Wellington) has settle in London for lome weeks after ' visiting the West Country. She expects to remain in England until November, when she will leave for home. Miss N. G. Sedgwick (Wellington) was a passenger by the Orion. She expects to remain in England for some , time to continue her studies and to gain business experience. Mrs. A. Ruthven (nee Tabuteau, Wellington) will be in England until about the end of August, except for a short tour of the Continent in May. The return journey will be made via the United States . to San Francisco, with Sydney as her destination. At present, Mrs. Ruthven is staying with her aunt, Lady Joynton Smith, at Hampstead. Mrs. M. Barrer was among those taking part in the conference of the British Christian Council for International Friendship, Life, and Work, at Hillcroft College, Surbiton, Surrey, on April 10 and 11. Miss Nora Kelly (Patea) expects to pay a short visit to the Continent after the Coronation celebrations and then to see something of the villages of England, afterwards to tour Scotland and visit Ireland. Miss Elsa M. Thomas (late secretary, Overseas League, Paris Centre), is leaving for a trip to New Zealand on April 29, going out by the Rotorua. She is looking forward to seeing many friends after, an absence of 16 years from New Zealand. , Mrs. T. Waddell (New Plymouth) has been invited by the Ladies' Golf Union to play in a tournament against the Parliamentary Women's team. Play will be at Stoke Poges. There will be nine players on either side. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Hutchins (Palmerston North) are staying with relatives at Clapton. Their programme includes tours to Norway, Sweden, Russia, and Denmark. On returning from the Continent they will buy a car in which to travel through England and Scotland, and possibly they will cross to Ireland. In the late autumn they will leave for Paris, the south of France, and Italy, and then cross to Cairo and Palestine. They will return to London via Italy. Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. About April or May, 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins will leave for America, spending three months touring in that country by car, and finally will leave for New Zealand about September, 1938. Mr. Oscar G. Kember (Wellington) and his son. Mr. Richard Kember. had an interesting journey across from Canada and the United States, but a very cold one. for snow and ice were pverywhere. They visited Banff. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Chicago, the Cfrand Canyon. Niagara, and New York The trip across was made in the Queen Mary, After the arrival of Miss Margaret Kember by, the Arawa, and at the conclusion of the Coronation festivities, a tour through the United Kingdom will be made, Mr. Kember will attend some of the chief race meetings. . ■ -Dr. and Mrs. Derek Denny-Brown have returned from their honeymoon trip. They went to Sorrento; which is a most beautiful and unspoiled South-ern-Italian centre. They are settling down in their flat at Maida Vale. Dr. Denny-Brown holds the position of Chief' Neurologist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gregory (Wellington* are on an extended pleasure tour. Five months .were spent in California and then steamer was taken from Sin Francisco, via Panama Canal, to Cuba and New York. Liverpool.-. was reached in March. New Zealand will not-be reachH before the middle of 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory having a programme; arranged to travel on■; the Mediterranean coast, in India, and . in 'Australia. ' They will be in Eng- ; land until September next. ; The engagement is announced be^ tween Lieutenant-Commander C. W. M. Vereker, R.N., fourth son of Major J. M. Vereker. and Marjorie Hughes, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hughes Whatley, of 58d Lexham Gardens, WB. The marriage will "take nlace in New Zealand. LieutenantCommander Vereker has recently been appointed to the Leander for the New Zealand Station. Mrs. J. W. A. Prentice (formerly of Dunedin. now of Sydney) greatly enjoyed her trip through the Rockies, which presented a very beautiful and often awe-inspiring sight, heavily covered as they were in snow, with frozen rivers just breaking through. Visits were oaid to Winnipeg. Toronto. Montreal. Niagara, and New York, and in each city old New Zealand friends were visited. While in New York Mrs. Prentice stayed a week : with Mr.' and Mrs. J. W. Collins (Wellington)— Mr. Collins is New Zealand Trade Commissioner for Canada and lives in Toronto—and with Miss Bathie Stuart, who is doing excellent publicity work for New Zealand. Mrs. Prentice came to England by the Aquitania and arrived after a very dreadful trip. She will be in England throughout the summer, and she hopes to visit Scotland about September, as well as France and Germany, before her return trip to Australia. At present Mrs. Prentice is staying at a quaint 300-year-old cottage at Hemel Hempstead. Herts. where she will shortly be joined by Miss M. T. Crofts. Together they will share this cottage as well as a flat in London, with their friend. Mrs. A, Hogg (Invercargill). who has been living in England for the last two years.