OUR LONDON LETTER.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 612, 1 July 1908, Page 4

OUR LONDON LETTER.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES (From our London Correspondent) I London, May 22. ' Mr E. P. Lee, of Oamaru, is visiting the Isle of Wight and North Devonshire to-day, accompanied by Mrs Lee. The Bishop of Nelson is just now ; stopping at the Old Parsonage, in Gresford, in AVales. Mr James E. Dunstar, of Christyhuich, who is just now in London, intends to combine business with plea, sure during his stay here, which will probably be at least a couple of years. j Mr R. J. Booth, of Nelson, and ! his daughter^ arrived on 9th inst. They enjoyed the trip immensely, and were charmed with the various cities visited on route. They are nowvery busy "doing" London, and Mr j Booth is astonished at th« great changes and improvements which have been made sine his last visite, many been made since his last visit, many years ago. What strikes him most more especially the "tube" system. Mrs Sydney Nathan, of Auckland^ and her daughter are just now in London. Mrs Nathan has come over more especially to put her daughter to school at Queen' 6 College. She will remain here a couple of years. Mr T. W. Stringer, K.C., and Mrs Stringer, of Christchurch, are staying at the Savoy Hotel. They expect to remain in this part of the world several months, and will take trips on the Continent and throngh Scotland and Ireland. Mr W. Cleverly Cuningham, of the same city is having a long and interesting tour. He will leave London again on July 25 2 to visit Paris Amsterdam, Berlin, Moscow, . where he takes train for Vladivosctoek, by the Trans-Siberian railway. The journey back to the dominion will be via Hong Kong, Brisbane, and Sydney, arriving in Christchurch early in October. Mr John Fuller, of Auckland, tho head of the well-known Fuller Vaudeville Syndicate, came by the German liner Bremen, accompanied by Mrs . Fuller and Miss May Fuller. They will spend a few weeks in London, and then go on to Scotland, Ireland and the Continent, returning to the dominion via America, Japan and China, arriving in Auckland about Christmas. -Mr Guy Pearce, of the same city, with his mother and sister, expects to be in London until early in June. Miss Pierce will probably take part in the forthcoming golf tournament at ot. Andrew's. Mr R. J. Mason, so well known throughout the racing world of your dominion, is here on a holiday, and is accompanied by his son. Mr Mason had been trainer for tho late Mr G tr. Stead s racehorses for twenty-one years, during which time he has trained 400 winners of races to the value of £100,000. He had intended a long visit, but the unexpected news of the death of Mr Stead will make it necessary for him to shorten us holiday to a couple of months iuie. Mr Mason, junr., fell ill with measles, and had to lay up at Dover jiud this will unfortunately prevent him from competing in tiff swimming championships at the Olympic Games i»lr Mason, sen., will visit some of Ili,o. leading racing stables' of the roun try, and will see something of English racecourses and race meetings before he leaves. He will probably leave again for the domioiion on .July 3, via Suez. .' Mrs K. C. Leask, of Napier, repi lesentrd New Zealand at, the nieet^ ■ ing of the British Women's Temper--1 ;mce Association held at Devonshire House ■recently. She had a warm I welcome from her co-workers in Eng- , land, and occupied a seat on the ■; ' platform. Mrs Leask, expects to re- : mnin with us until November. •Mr ' Hall Came, the well-known ; author and playwright, is£ I am in- j formed, to visit New Zealand shortly. ' i Negotiations are going on, out no- I i thing is definitely settled. ; J '*" A : member of tho recent New Zea-

land football team, Mr J. A. Levery. lias, I am informed, just signed on with the Leed's Northern Union Football Club. Two New Zealanders were elected Follows of the Royal Colonial Institute at a meeting of the Council held last Tuesday (Mr J. G. Colmer, CM. G., in the" chair). They were. Mr Hugh T. Dyke Acland, P.R.C.S., and l»t«* Hon. Gtiorge John Smith, M.L.C. Mrs Pember Reeves was a guest at the dinner of the Liberal Colonial Club, at Prince's Restaurant the other day. After dinner she addressed the club on tho subject of "The Working of Woman Suffrage in New Zealand." On the motion of Mr Tonnant, M.P., a vote of thanks. \va.s passed to her.