PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES FROM HOME

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 5

PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES FROM HOME

[FJtoit Oob Special Cokhesfonotst.] LONDON, August 25. Congratulations to Dr W. Gnu tan IJmnnesa, of Waihi, who has, I l"rn. obtained the diploma of tropical me.'icinc a.ei hygiene of the University otyai.iu.i•»:« • a the result of examuiainms ee.e. at "'<- *~ versify and in London <iur:i-.g UL *"" fortnight. . r M u Miss Alice Saunders, dan.: Mer .1 i ■ S>. Saunders, tfco editor •■! il"> , '•>«!'! " limes,* arrived in Lr.gUnd las. u^--"-• •; 0 y the Banffshire after, a rather royage via the Cape, vii'iiii - lome days by the ahomiuaoie .... , , Ml had to take oi. lo reple.mh he:bank, »t Durban, Thou.-h Y';^ f long for mo.it r<"T !t -' s ' J V'\. ot , ! : ; . c a ; Miss Saunders appears to 1. }' y-W. \ verv mnch, and cenair.lv sciicied uoUi.n. 3n 'health through >-r "P™"™ „[ Father" N- vagunes. At present ,!» i 6 sUyin/wuh reii.t.VL* at Sev.noaks bet later will pay _vmt* t.i tiiwia- .it Southampton and bn-im, anil aitc. *■*-•■■.■-. : omethiug of other part* oi l-.ngland inil return to New Zealand by trie Lanilshire, which is due to commence her outward run early in October. Among the p.iK.engcrs by the North German liner liarbanesj, which leaves Southampton "on Sept inler 11, will bn Mr and Mrs J. Snell and their daughter, who arc returning to Lyttellou utter a particuiiir.y cnjoyable holiday in the Old Uuritiy, where I hey landed late hi April. Since then they liave .been touring in tho MuUands, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and tho West Country and have for ihej most part cxpcuene'ed gloriously tine weather. At preyeut Mr Snell and bus family are spending then lime in the metropolis, but prior to .eavii'Kngland they prup.jEO to make, trips into Berkshire and Bedfordshire. Mr C. C. Trownson and his mother, who caone Home by die Turakinii, arriving laic in Jxtce last, have been spending tho intervening time with relatives and fricuus m the West Country, chieiiy in Corn* all. U is their intention to indulge presently in L short tour on the Continent, ciubi\umg, if possible, Paris, Home, and Naple.f. On returning to England they will pay fare wo i risit'a to their friends in Cornwall, und wnl ae leaving for the colony again toward tho ;nd of September. Mr John Hnrrell (Auckland), wlto left thecolony early in March, and after an enjoyable fortnight spent in looking up o'u friends in Sydney, came Hcmt> by tho Orontes, has been spending much of Ins time bicycling here, there, and everywhere in England and Wales—a hie which tho prevalence of fine weatner baa enabled him to enjoy to the full. He proposes to leave London three weeks hence for Paris, and after a bruf round in the French capital will catch the outward-bound Orient steamer Onirah at Marseilles on September 29. Mr and Mrs T. Young (Wellington) are among the recent arrivals in Londou from the colony. They came to England by way of America, where they spent a couple of weeks. Mrs Young's health, I am giau to hear, has benefited considerably by tho changes of air and scene experienced duiin:; the trip so far. After spending some weeks in the Motherland, they propose to tour awhile on the Continent, and wij prubably not be back in New Zealand till Christmas is Dear at hand. Dr W. Thomas, president of the Christchurch Bowling Club, will arrive In London in the course of a week or so. He is at present in Edinburgh on a shortl visit. When Mr Stephen Fortcscuo made hid recent tour in Australia, and New Zealand, it will be remembered, he played in a remarkable match with tho doctor as a rival skip. At tho nineteenth head the game stood 14 aIL Then in; the two remaining ends Mr Fortescue added three- and won, with the extraordinarily low total of 37 points. Dr Thomas, who is on the Sports Committee of the New Zealand Exhibition, expresses a hopo that in connection with the Fporta section he may be able to do something here by way of getting an English bowling team to visit New Zealand at the time of the Exhibition. In a communication to Mr Fortescue, he states that no doubt among all kindly interested in his project something practical may be done. Mr L. Alexander, president of tho Western Australian 8.A., ltd a rink of Australians and New Zealanders last Saturday against a strong Brownwood Club's rink, skipped by Mr W. S. Carmichael, the well-known international. The colonials failed to put up the remarkably good show of their opponents, who were representatives of Scotland and Wales, and formed an exceptionally strong rink. C-armicbael, from an early stage, appeared to have the game in hand, and won by 12 points, tho scores being: Colonials (J. Wilson, W. Gee, A. Holden. rind L. Alexander, skip), 14; Brownwood, 26. Mr Alexander, in returning thanks for the hospitality shown, expressed a hope that the Mpther Country would speedily respond to the beckoning of tho colonial bowlers in tho colonics for a team to be Bent oat. New Zealand has not led the way in the matter of the " Anti-Sboiiting Leaeue," promoted by Mr Clement Kirk, of Wellington. He was anticipated in England, where years ago Anti-Trenting Leagues came into being, nourished locally for a short space, and died a "natural death. The members of one, which bad quite a voguo in Birkenhead, wore a badge indicatincj their fixed resolution to buy drinks for nobody but their individual wives, and to receive drinkj at no other person's expense. Most of the members of this League were already smlli-5-cntly well known as " mean men" to »bviate any danger of their being either expected to "stand treat" or of their being Hiked to " join in a round."