LONDON LETTER.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2319, 25 March 1914, Page 4

LONDON LETTER.

NEW ZEALANDERS AT HOME. London, Fabruary 12. Rangiuia and his troupe have recently been appearing at the Putney Hippodrome in "Maori Folk Lores," for which a special scene, a New Zealand whare, is shown. Rangiuia was given a splendid recepHis daughter assisted in the turn. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons have just ]|uWished an important book on Russia from the pen of Mr Harold Williams, son of the Rev. W. J. Williams, of New Zealand, who was appoinnted Russian correspondent for th c Manchester Guardian and the Morning Post some time ago, then went to Constantinople as correspondent for tne Morning Post and is now in St. Petersburg. Mr Williams is waiting several books on Russia., ow which this is th« first. Its title is "Russia of the Russians," and it is published in the "Countries and Peoples Series." Captain Maling, one of the few holders of the New Zealand Cross, who was the chief scout under, General Whitmore in the Maori War, is shortly publishing a :book of his reminiscences. Th c Hon. AY. Pen|ber Reeves has been elected an honorary Doctor of Philosophy of the "" University of Athens. Mr H. C. Cameron, Produce Commissioner, is giving a series of lectures in Scotland on New Zealand, 1 illustrated by limelight views.. Recently h e has lectured at Buckie, Portsoy, aiid Banff. , Miss Margaret Hodge, who recently returned from New Zealand, opened a discussion, under the auspices of the Women's Freedom League last night on "The General Effect of the Women's" Vote in Australian and New Zealand." Professor Bickerton, of Christchurch is to give lecture on "The place of Women ;n History" on February 25, under the auspices of the Australian and New Zealand Women Voters' Association. Miss Mar. garet Hodge will tak c the chair. The final game in the Palmerston announces the marriage on October 14, 1913, at Holy Trinity Church, Kingsway, London, by the Rev. L. J. Evans, M.A., of Robert Sefton, only son of Dr and Mrs Harry Adams, of New Zealand, and grandson of the late Wm, Sefton Moorhouse, of New Zealand, to Mary Stanley, daughter of tho late W. A. Carpenter, of Southsea, England. Mr Will Hutcliens, of Hawera, arrived a few days ago, and leaves again on. tho -20th by the Reniuera.. In the interval he is to be married to Miss Kemp, daughter of the Rev. George Kemp, of Cambridge, and tho honeymoon is to be spent in Cornwall.