PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

Evening Star, Issue 11621, 4 July 1902, Page 3

PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

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' •■'" i. May 30. Tie Agetti-General was- present at Mr ,<3hamberlaiii's official dinner last night, and will attend the King's next levee. "I am a New Zealander" is, thanks to Mr Seddon's initiative, tho colony's patriotism, and the gallantry of her soldiers, an open sesame fn any part of <tbc British Empire just now. So Messrs'D. R. Caldwell •and C. J. Parr found it in their interview £, -with the President of the United States; vjjso Dr J. G. Findlay found it in the courteous reception he received at the hands cf Sir Wilfrid Lauricr. Dr Findlay had a i" letter of introduction to Canada's great statesman, but at the time of his visit with Mrs Findlay to the Houses of Parliament at Ottawa did not have it with him. However, the production' of his nsard and tho aamtion of the fact that he was a New Zealander led without dolay of any kind to an interview with Sir Wilfrid in his private room. After showing his Antipodean guests tho Canadian Parliament, and a brief •chat, Sir Wilfrid took them out for a long drive the following afternoon, and in tht evening he and Lady Laurier entertained them at an " at home," and introduced them .to many Canadian celebrities. Sir Wilfrid was, of course, much interested in New Zealand politics, and discussed many Im Sarial and social questions with the Wei ngton lawyer, but their conversation was necessarily confidential. I am committing no breach of confidence, however, by mentioning that Sir Wilfrid was particularly interested in the adaptability. of the Maori to civilisation, and still more in tho result of female suffrage in New Zealand. Tht latter experiment is apparently in the balance in Canada. Nor in the light of Mi Tarte's speeches is it " giving anyone away'' j to hint that Canada will not be found at i the Coronation Conference advocating the I Zollverein qnito so strenuously as is com- j monly supposed. In Boston Dr and Ma i Findlay had an equally hospitable and J kindly welcome from Mr Justice Oliver I Wendell Holmes, son of the author of the i 'Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,' and j himself a jurist of great eminence, who ■will in all probability shortly be made a ! member of the United States Federal Bench. Dr Findlay made his pilgrimage to Boston ! mainly to see the home and surroundings of | author whose books he admired so much, but soon found that son, not only fts a jurist, but as a writer and speaker, was jcarcely overshadowed by his famous father. On legal, political, and philosophical mat ters tho New Zealander had many discussions not only with Mr Justice Holmes, but with the numerous members of the cultured and refined Boston society with whom he was brought into contact Nothing struck him so much as the general culture of the \ Boston people, and their interest in intel- i lectual matters. For instance, at one house ' after dinner, instead of all tho men retiring to the billiard room and loafing the l evening away, the host said " Mr So-and-so, who has just returned from a visit to Sumatra, has very kindly promised to give u? some of his experiences." Mr - then gave the whole company a most enlighten- , ing and entertaining hour's talk on Sumatra, illustrated by views, and then the guests reassembled in the drawing room But with all the learning of the many graduates, men as well as women, whom they met, there was no trace of priggishness. Before the departure of Dr and Mrs Findlay their host presented them, as mementoes of the occasion, with some of his eloquent speeches at various Bar and University functions, printed for private circulation, and a square of glass cut from the window of the library,.through which the famous author used to look when he was writing. Since his arrival in London Dr Findlay has been busy with legal matters, and is making satisfactory progress with his settlement of the questions of priority of the various claims of the different mortgages and charges in connection w.th the Midland .Railway Company. "I am a New Zeahnder, and I've come 13,C00 miles to hear Mr Chamberlain " was the password which procured for Mr W. A. Ellis,.of sterilised egg fame, admission to the great Liberal-Unionist meeting at Birmingham, addressed by "Joe." Mr Ellis was- determined to hear "Joe,' and at dinner announced his intention of going to the meeting. ft But you'd never get in," said his friend, " the last of the 5,000 tickets was given away ten days ago." It takes a good deal. to daunfc a New Zealander, but when Mr Ellis approached the hall and saw 10ft high barricades all ronnd, a long queue of ticket-holders strung out far down tho street, and a surging crowd of 30,000 or 40,000 Brummagem lads waiting, most of them just to give " Joe" a cheer as he passed in, some on the offchance of getting "a standing seat"—well, j even his journalistic cheek grew pale. But he slhnly wedged himself into the queue of ticket-holders, and "passed along" with them to the main entrance. "Tickets please," shouted the stewards at the door! " I haven't got a ticket, but I'm " And Mr Ellis repeated his formula once more. It was the officials expressed polite regret, but really it -was impossible, and Mr Ellis found there was no " open door" there even for a New Zealander. But a man who can bring a fresh egg from the Antipodes and challenge competition with the latest product of the cackling English j hen isn't to be discouraged by the first repulse. Mr Ellis addressed the nearest j policeman, and asked him to set the biggest! .inspector handy. Up came the great police official, and to him Mr Ellis once more ! addressed the mystic formula, handing up I his card and adding that he was a J.P. This time the password worked as magically as Mr Ellis's own process. "Come along with me, sir," said the inspector, and taking the persistent colonial to the back of the hall the courteous official insisted on tho New Zealand J.P. being given a Eeat on the platform. No sooner was Mr Eliis comfortably settled than he spied, just in front of him, Mr Jesse pollings, of " three acres and a cow fame," whom he had interviewed in Wellington. They renewed their acquaintance, and Mr Cbliings introduced the New Zealander to Austen Chamberlain. Soon " Jos" appeared, and there was a roar of cheers for four m'.nutes before he could begin his speech. What the Colonial Secretary said you already know. "I'm a New Zealander" later on enabled Mr Ellis, by the kindly offices again of a friendly policeman, to get a first-rate place ahead of the crowd at the archway at Hyde Park Corner just as the King's carriage pulled for a moment.. The New Zealander, almost within touching ■ distance of hi* Sovereign, loyally uncovered, and the Iving, with that courtesy which has made him eo popular, lifted his hat and bowed in return direct to his colonial liege subject. So long as men of the stamp of Mr C. W. Goodson (of Auckland) are identified with New Zealand, loose talk which one sometimes hears from the, lips of the colony's enemies about ihe possible repudiation of <he colony's liabilities will not go down *ith basiness men in the Old Country. In ifcally paying hi 3 English creditors 20s in the £ last Saturday, Mr, Goodson has done an act that hot only redounds to his own honor, but that adds to the credit of hjs colony. The chief of those creditors met at the office of Mr H. P. Gould at Norwich , last Saturday. Mr S. Gurney Buxton preBided, and explained the purpose for which they were assembled. In 1879 Mr Good*<*i, then a corn and oil-cake merchant at Brandon, owing to adverse circumstances, executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of Lis creditors, under which a dividend of 8s 3d in the £ was pajd. In 1880 J4r Goodson established himself in Auck¥?s: _ A Sain a.wave of depression led to Ins failure, and Mr Goodson, who all this time fad the firm determination to liquidate his English liabilities in full,. set to ■work to establish himself a third time." In, the course of years hie was. able to dischargl l the whole of his liabilities in the colony, his New Zealand creditors marking their appreciation of his honor by a handsome presentation. Then Mr Goodson set hiinself to work finally to discharge his moral obligations to his English creditors. On May 24 last year all under £lO were paid in full sad those above that sum received a dividend of 6s in the £. At Saturday's meeting (also May 24) Mr Buxton distributed to those creditors cheques for the balance of 5s 7d in the £, making the full amount of "0* in the £. The chairman then expressed

(the hope that Mr Goodson's honorable *xj ample, would -be followed by others, and jVhjanded'to Mr. Goodson' from the creditors a trilvcr hox bearing the inscription: "Pre-I ;.S€»tud..lo Mr Charles William Goodson, of Auckland, New Zealand, in appreciation of 'his high sense of personal honor. Norwich. 24th May, 1902." The boy contained £125 in sovereigns as a contribution to the expenww of Coronation trip. In acknowledging the gift, Mr Goodson said ho had recognised that jug mQral mpoDß ibiUt,T was as binding as ever a legal responsibility could-be. He know perfectly weft "that it was only by God's blowing on his efforts that he had been able to" do what he had done, and ha hoped ho would ho understood, tberctqre, not as speaking in tuay egofcwtical spirit when he mado known that during tho past five years he had been able to devote * *V. 81 .- of £45,000 in liquidation of moral in New Zealand and England." The Norwich Press* considered the occasion noteworthy enough for a leaderette of congratulation to Mr Goodson, which it concludes with the declaration that "the union with the colonies will grow stronger than ever when the Goodson htrain becomes general in Mother Land as well is out there-" Mr Goodson can now take his holiday with a clear conscience, and he is going to stay iu Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, visit Leominster, Barnstaple, Bath, and.Bristol. H.> will witness both Coronation procession* and the naval review, and then begin his travels again, journeying through Scarborough, Cotherston, Bradford, Manchester, Keswick, Birmingham, Hull,'lpswich, Yarmouth, Glasgowi Dublin, and then probably take a trip up the Rhine. All the time, no. is mixing business with pleasure apd looking out for novelties, for his Auckland trade. He appreciated tho organisation of the Gothic so much that he has booked his passage in her for the outward voyage next October. Mrs J. F. Studholme's dress, worn at the King's Court on May 16. when she was presented on her marriage by the Countess of Glasgow, was of white satin trimmtd with w:dc flounces of accordion-pleated chiffon; tho bodice was draped with mechlin lace and chiffon, with sprays of white roses and pale foliage; the train snrpended ft cm shoulders was of white brocade lined vilh white satin, with trails of large white ro?cs and pale green foliage down the'left s'de. Her ornaments were, diamonds. Mr G. W. Plummer (Auckland) has puf m most, of his month's stay in this country at Luton, the centre.of the &traw-hat industry, and is making extensive irrangements for the v supply of labor and machinery in Auckland, which/will add greatly to the magnitude of the straw jat business in Auckland He will IcaTe soon after the Coronation, catching the Ventura at San i rancisco. Mrs Macey (Christchurch) finds the English winter so trying that in all probability sh.j will return to New Zealand next Sept< mber. Mrs M. M. Dodwell has much improved m health since sha left Wellington five months ago. She has. been staying at Ringston-on-Thames, travelling in Ireland, visitinig Cheshire, and at the end of this week leave? London first for Kent and then for. Surrey The many friends of Mr F. P»andal Woodhouse (erstwhile of Christchnrch) will be pleased to hear of his complete recoverv. but a little disappointed that he wii! not return to the Antipodes. Australia'; •oss, however, is Ireland's gain, for he ha: been appointed " senior professor of singing" at the Royal Irish Academv of Music in Dublin. Dr Parkinson, after his world wandering*, has established himself in London He ha* taken No. ' Sloano street, Chelsea, Mr Beerbohm liee's house, and will in the cotrse of the next fortnight commence practice in that fashionable localitv. Mr A. T. Russell (Hawke's Bav) has considerably improved in health by his trip over in the Oceana, and is now combining quiet sight-seeing with medical treatment. Mr J. W. Graham (Sumner), who arrived by the Oceana, has been up in the Midlands. After the Coronation he will tour England and Scotland, spend the end cf July at Oban, and afterwards go to Holland, Switzerland, and other parts of the Continent, Lord Roberts presented the colors at Aldershot last Saturday {Victoria Day, as the late Queen's Birthday will now be called) to the 3rd Manchester Regiment. On those are the names "Egmont-opzee, Martinique, Gauada'.oupe, Peninsula, Alma, Inkermann, Sebaetopol, New Zealand, Afghanistan, 1379-80, and Egypt. 1382." Among the New Zealanders on the Britannia were Messrs Arthur Adams (New Zealand correspondent in the Boxer war), Mr Platts (the well-known Port Chalmers oarsman), and Mr and Mrs George Foa and their dauehter (Inglewood). As they had Mr and Mrs Tearle and Mr Black, of the 'Ben Hur' Company, as fellow passengers and picked up at Colombo Sir J. West. Ridgway (the Governor of Oyion) and at Aden numbers of Anglo-Indians coming Home for the Coronation the Britons of the South on board had a lively time. At Marseilles Messrs Adams and Platts left the boat for a Continental tour before plunping into the coronal crush. Mr Foa and his family came on to Plymouth. Before leaving next December or January, he expects to travel in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and to take a short trip on the Continent, visiting Rome in particular. At the meeting of the Annual Movable Committee of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows at Newcastle-on-Tme last week end. before the beginning of business, the Grand Master, on behalf of the Wellineton (New Zealand) presented to Bro. Smith, representing the Wellington district, a sum of fifteen srumeas, in recognition of his and faithful services to Oddfellowsbip in the colony. The Grand Master, in niakmj? the presentation, asked Bro! Smith to convey to the colony the good wishes of that great meeting. Mr and Mrs Gwrpe Chf {ChristcJiureh) are at present seeing thtrr friends and relations in Staffordshire. They will come to London for the Coronation. After that their plans are Ttncpr+ajn, but they will return bv the N.D.L. Rhein, leaving on September 8. Mrs Bevenisb-Mearai (Christclwjrch) will be in London until Julv, when she will visit her relations in Ireland. She will be ftway for. about a' year, and probably travel for som<*' months on thp Continent. " Mr F. D. Woodroffe (Auckland) is' kepi fully occupied with th* drums which he has proceeding in the English law courts and in visitincr the Northern and Mid'and markets. Mrs Woodroffe is on a round of visits to the friends whom she had not seen for twenty years. They hope to spend Cbristrois in New Zealand. . Mrs R. W. England's (Chrijfehurch) health has kept herself and her husband and daughter in Leaminsrton unti' this week. They are going next week to Bournemouth, end thejr future movements wi'l denend verv much on the improvement in Mrs England's condition. They will probaWv come up for a few davs for the Coronation, and Mr England will attend the New Zealand dinner Mr James M. B'ackett, who, I understand, paid a brief visit to New Zealand at the conclusion of his work on the Upanda railway, is in London again, with the view of obtaining other engineering works. The litigation that threatened over the will by which a relative, bequeathed Mr Davis (Onehunga) a large sum of has, happily, been averted, and the dispute settled in the New Zealander's favor. Mr and Mrs Davis have been touring in the North and in Wales, and hope to spend a few weeks on tho Continent, come back for the Coronation, go to Worcestershire for farewell, visits, and make their way back to Auckland via America, visiting relatives in Toronto and Chicago en route. Mr and Mrs Underwood, with their son anil daughter (Wellington), had a first-rate trip in Canada and U.S.A., visiting Toronto, Niagara, Montreal, and New York. They will visit Paris, tour through the Mid" lands, Scotland, and Ireland, and only set their faces homewards when tired of sightseeing. Mr W. B. Cocks (Christchurch) has obtained employment in the well-known firm of furnishers, Maple and Co., where be shcnld gain experience that will hereafter bi of great service to him in the colony. Mr and Mrs W. Searle (QueenstoVn, Otagp) are renewing their acquaintance with friends at Southampton, will ccme .up to London for the Coronation and spend a month in the metropolis, then stay for another month with Mrs Searle's family and friends in Devon and Yorkshire. After another sojourn in Hampshire and «

few weeks on fbe Cantinenfcthey will leiv» again at the begmning-of November/' I regret to Lear that Sir Lander JSnmton, who has been consulted by Mr D. R- Cajdwell about his health,' has "expressed a not very favorable opinion. Mr Caldwell had intended spending two or three manias in. England and Scotland; one month "on! the Continent, retaining by India, China, and Japan to Melbourne, bnfc may alter his plans according to the doctor's further report. Miss Bachel Richmond (Wellington) is attending lectures at tho Froebel Educational Institute- Training College, and means to visit the most advanced 1 kindergarten schools in London, and spend some time on the -Continent studying the latest methods of teaching French to young children. She expects to leave : England early in November. _Mr and Mrs J. JL Cock and family (of Nelson), who arrived per s.si Gothic on the Bth May, are at present at Bromlev," in Kent. After the Coronation they "will pay visits to friends in Devon and Cornwall, and later on intend making a lengthened tour and stay on the Continent. ° Mr and Mrs W. J. .Roberts and Miss Roberts (Christchurch), after leaving the Omrah at Plymouth a month ago, had a fortnight's tour in Devonshire, seeins old friends, and spent a similar time in zance, Mr Roberts's native town, and the Sciliy Islands. Up to the end of June they will devote themselves entirely to sight-seeing, visiting France and Belsrium shortly; bnt after the Coronation is "over Mr Roberts will make himself au fait with the newest ideas in the mechanical and surgical branches of dentistry. He hopes to be back again in the colony before the end oi toe year. "*■-■■ Mrs and Miss Dodfeld (of Wellington) are on a visit to the former's brother at Holyhead, where last Thursday Miss Dudfield's coining of age was celebrated. After seeing the beauty spots of North Wales tney will "coronate," and then tour on the Continent. * • Mr and Mrs W. H, Smith (Auckland), after a brief stay in Paris, are noV sojourning at Eastbourne. Their visit to" England combines business with pleasure, and.will-extend until about October. In the meantime they will travel extensivelv in Ureat Britain and on the Continent " Mr and Mrs W. N. Bealey (Canterbury) arrived at the beginning of the week, havlag spent some time en route in South California with Mr Bealey's brother, ana-in Jvorth-west Canada. Thev are stavin-r at Hampstead. • * * ° Mr and Mrs C. W. Brown (Wellington), after coronating," will cycle round England, spend the winter in Switzerland, see Italy the following spring, return oh their C, f im—° U^ h ? raace - the summer of 1905 in-England again, and leave for .New Zealand the following autumn Mr George Jones (Petone, Wellington) arrived by the Orizaba last Saturdav. for the purpose of inspecting machinery for the local water-works. With this object, he will shortly proceed to Leeds and Glasgow and return next Aueust. ' TO Dr Jv. H r pe Lewis (Auckland) and Mr w «rll r bave been el& ** d Fellows of tho Royal Colonial Institute. • M» 0. G. Hill and Miss HM (Auckland) left the Ortona at - Marseilles and came overland, making » pleasant 'stay at Pans. They are now staying with relatives, and Mr Hill is utilising his star in London to do some business. After the Coronation they will tour in England, Scotland and Ireland, and expect to get back to Auckland about the end of the year * •, BL -Tr T , revena (Dunedin) win "coronate with the multitude of loyal 'colonials, and then visit Cornwall, Cambridffe, and possibly Ireland. The length ofhis star is somewhat, indefinite at present. Mr Win. Vickery (Dunedin) has been going through some of the large woodworking manufactories in London and noting the latest improvements in machinery. He is at present on a visit to his sister, but after he has acclaimed King Edward VL . will stay with h:s friends in theancient and quiet city of York, and then, by war of contrast, cross the herring-pond to the modern and bustling citv of" New York Wlme in U.S.A. he will visit the chief cittes, and inspect the woodware machinery, and ui St. Louis.-will stop with his brother. Mr F. C. Richardson (Auckland) has been elected an honorary member of the Thames Royal Yacht Club and of th» Royal London Yacht Clubhand was on board one of the competing yachts in the latter's river matches yesterday, on the triangular course of which the Nore was the apex.

Mr Andrea Lucchesi has completed lu> marble statue of Peace for the Auckland Domain. It Trill leave Itolv on Jnne 10 and will be shipped from London for Auckland by cargo steamer. i-^ r r£' G- Gibson > who bas just passed cis M.B. examination, and has in the course of the last fifteen months been assistant house surgeon, assistant house phvirician and house physician at Gay's, leaves today with his cousin, -who is an invalid, for a six-months' tour of Canada, China •Japan, and Australasia, in the course of which he will pay a visit to his own colonr Mr Louis P. Christeson (Wellington) has just arrived in London from America where ha has been studying electrolysis and dermatology under the -well-known dermatologist Dr Rhodes, o! Lowell, Mass. After passing his examination Mr Christcsou_ made a. tour of the chief cities of the U.S.A., studying fashionable styles of ladies' hairdressing—in which, bv the to-. he finds the American coiffeurs conriderabiv m advance of the English. He is just now engaged in the same work with one of the best Court hairdressers here, and after the Coronation leaves for Paris, where he will spend some time at the French Academies or Ladies' Hairdressing to acquire the most up-to-date styles. He is off in a few days for a run through Scotland and Ireland and a visit to the Cork Exhibition, and will make his way back to New Zealand hv way of Europe, the Holy Land, and tbV Suez Can si. " :" Mr Walter Hops (Hamilton) has quite recovered from the illness and injuries which be sustained as a member of the Sixth Contingent, and is devoting himself to the study of electrical engineering. His address for some time to come will be 67 St. Charles square, North Kensington Miss Hope, who has been travelling in Italy and Switzerland, is staving for a. while, but shortly goes" North to the English lakes.