LONDON LETTER.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1288, 14 September 1910, Page 4

LONDON LETTER.

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME

r , , . , , London, August 5. Oaptam John Falconer, late Inspector of Submarine Mining in New Zealand, and Mrs Falconer, havo been touring in Scotland and Ireland lliey avill leave for New Zealand in the Orsova on September 16. Mr Sampel Shaw Driver, director ox the lhames Valley Dairy Company is revisiting his native Sheffield, after an absence in New Zealand of over forty years. Mr Driver returns to Auckland in the middle of November. Lady Stout has been spending a tew days at Brighton, and leaves now ror a journey of some weeks to Scotland, and probably to Ireland Mr and Mrs Bain Hogg and their tamily, well known in the iarniiug community of the Thames district have decided to settle in Mexico. Three run-holders from Marlborough, Mr R. p. Goulter and his brother, Mr Charles Goulter, and Mr Bernard Ward, are at present on a visit to London. Lady Hall-Jones and Mies HallJones arc the guests for the week-end at Devonport of Admiral Sir Wilmot l'aivkes, who is now commander-in-chief at Plymouth. nM r - L- Wi,kie am } Ml 'ss Beatrice Wilkie, of Wanganui, who left London on Thursday for Scotland, have suffered a sad bereavement since their arrival in the -death of Mrs Wilkie who died a fortnight ago, and was buried a few days later at'Kensal Green Cemetery. . Mr G. P. Armstrong, of Opunake, is enjoying a holiday trip round the world. He travelled as far as Marseilles in the P. and 0. linei Mooltan, and then spent six weeks on the Contment, including the Passion Play at Oberammergau in his programme.* Mr George Clutsani, the ex-Auck-lander, has, according to Mr John P. Kunciman, the musical critic of the Saturday Review, "shown himself by far the most gifted opera composer our race has provided for a couple of centuries or so." Mr H. W. Jennings, of New Plymouth, a son of Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., has arrived in London on a visit of indefinite duration. He will probably take a position here and remain in England for some time to gain experience. Mr Chas. A. Jeffreys, an "old boy" of Nels_on College, .and a member'of the third and tenth New Zealand Contingents in the; Boer War, came over to England recently to take part in the Bisley rifle meeting. At the close of the war Mr Jeffreys remained in the Transvaal, and after a further stay of a few weeks in England intends to return there, though lie hopes before long to go back to New Zealand.

Mrs E. H. Palmer and her niece, ' Mies Irene Maclean, of Wanganui, have lately visited the Isle of Wight, Brockenlmrst,.and Bournemouth, and are now in London. . Miss Maclean, who intends to study languages, goes in a few weeks to 'Franco and Germany, and it is probable that Mrs Palmer will accompany her to the latter country. ■ ;Major W. B-. N. Madocks, It.A., who married Sir Walter Buller's daughter, and who was staff officer to Colonel Pole-Penton when the latter was.in command of the forces in NewZealand, is shortly to be again closely associated with that officer, who now commands the artillery at--Malta. Major ; Madocks is now to" go to Malta as assistant military secretary to General Sir lan Hamilton. Colonel R. Snow, of Christchurch. who is making holiday in England with his wife : and daughter, recently returned .to London, after a visit to Dorsetshire, where he was the guest of hie cousin, Colonel Salkeld (brother of the "Salkeld of Delhi"), at Blandford. Since his arrival in this country Dr. A. K. Newman has been busy visiting relations in various parts of England. Dr. Newman is publishing a book on the Maori early next year, and has agreed to Tead a paper before the British Association of Science, which meets in Sheffield during the first week in September. He has also been asked to deliver a lecture on the origin of the Maori before the Anthropological Society of London either in October or early in November, and this he has consented to do. The Rev. and Mrs W. ,8. Potter, of Wellington a who came to England by the Tainui at tlie beginning of May, are leaving by '.the. Corinthic on August 19.'. on their return to New Zealand. "Mr Potter attended at Turisall in" June the Centenary Conference of the Primitive' Methodist Church, to which he was appointed ministerial representative by the New. ; .j Zealand- Primitive. Methodist Church.: Since the Conference Tie and his wife have, visited various, .parts of the TJnited Kingdom, and are now spending tKe remainder of'their holiday in London.' : "On the wholej" says* Mr ■ Potter, "we have been nvuch pJeaecil with bur yisitj, arid return. Teinvigor- \ atedito-pvirsuei'ilie.work of the min- [ istry in thp Britain of the Sowth. T>