LONDON LETTER.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1482, 3 May 1911, Page 4

LONDON LETTER.

NEW ZEALANDEHS AT HOME

London, March 24. Miss Margaret L. Itenwick, the newly appointed chief ■ instructor .vi tho domestic department of the Auckland Technical College, belongs to Campboltown in Argyllshire, where for tho past ton years and a bait she has been, teaching all brandies ot cookery and laundry work, housewifery and domestic science generally in the burgh sbhools and at evening classes and teachers' classes. Before that sho was for two years a toacher of cookery and laundry work in tho School of Domestic Aits in Edinburgh. . Herr Bomio Scherek, whose wife is a New and who himself besides being a pianist of distinction, has jbeon avant-*ouiuer of mainy musical "stars" on 'New Zealand tours, is at present visiting relatives at Poson in Germany. Lady Plunkot and Dr W. A. Chapjo Tjiounoo peuiot oA-eq ''cTK '®I<l the ' Victoria Leaguo, Tliis society, established to bring the peoples of the United Kingdom and tho Dominions overseas into closer touch with each other, has now more than 1000 centres, 'from which -well over 80,000 'British newspapers are dispatched in a year to individuals pversoas. Mr Chas. H. Unapman, late of the Govednmont printing office, Wellington, whoro he contested a Parliamentary and also a city Council election somo two years ago, is arranging a -scries of addresses in London ou "Labour in New Zealand." He expects to spend good deal of time lecturing for the British Independent Labour Party, of which lie is a life member. Mrs -Allington, late of Christchurch, has been appointed honorary "Mistress of Robes" for the New Zealand scene of the Pagont of Empire, to be performed at the Crystal Palace in connection with the Festival of Empire i

By oahlo from Rangoon this -week comes news of tlio wedding of Miss Dorotiliy Freshwater, only daughter of Mi- H. F. Freshwater, secretary and London manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, to Mr Frank Burton Leach, of the Indian Civil Service. Mr Francis Hutch,ens, the New Zealand pianist, who has chosen an interesting programme for his London recital is thinking of going out to New Zealand for a visit during the present year.