OUR LONDON LETTER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 4

OUR LONDON LETTER.

PERSONAL ITEMS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, July 30. On Friday last, Sir Robert Stout, \ Chancellor of the University of Now Zealand, proposed the toast of the Edinburgh University at the Earn-, burgh Students' Union. He expressthe opinion that in time- it would be necessary, to have university education as free as elementary, and that, without being dependent upon Carnegie gifts. This, he said, was practically the case now in the Dominion. Mr Alfred Judge, who haa -come over by the Ruapehu, has speutf Jfche last two years) in New Zealand with his sons,' who are farming, one near Glenavy, and the other near Timaru. Mr Judge says that although tho prico of labour is much higher than in the Old Country, the land is work--1 ed at much less 'expense in New Zealand. Tbe cjimafo there Is. ypry much better than here, Altpgethe'i the Dominion is a grand farming country. Mr P. L. Cameron, of "Glengyle," Wanganui, came by tho Ophir, arriving last month. He is just now on « visit to his Bister, in Boss-shire. Mi Cameron was formerly curate at Karori.""* Mr. T. H. C. Bedford, of Wellington, has come over on business. He came via. America, visiting San Francisco., Chicago, and Niagara, and spent six wgeks in Nf>w YqrkV" P? -Bedford will probably be hpre a couple of months, and will visit Scotland and Paris, afterwards returning by tho Orient line via Suez. Mr and Mtb S. Potter, and the latter' 3 sister, Miss Cooper, three WelHngtonians, came by the Omrah, which they loft at Naples. They spent six weeks on the • .Continent, ivisiting Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. This month they arc in London. In August they will visit Ireland and Scotland, and will hfterwards ' tour in France, Switzerland, and Southern Italy. • They will jon the Orsoya at Marseilles homeward b.ound. Mr and Mys John" D, Legg, with, Miss Bessie and Mr.W. Legg, oi New Plymouth, came by the Asturiaa in May. Mr Legg is attending the Internationa! Congress on Alcoholism in London. He was also preBent at a Masonic reception given by the London Temperance Lodges on 2jjra - inst. The family • expect to return 'jby tap 'll,97? P"? n^ liner O§: terley, leaving Lqndqn on' August' |?. The Misses Lagdon, of Ghristchureh, camp by the Athonic in Maj', and have been 'spending thp last five weoks with relatives in Dpvon. They are jn.st now in London, and will visit Scotland and Paris, then returning to Devon. Miss May Langdon will return to tho Dominion by tho Bed Sea route in October. Her sister will spend twelve months here to study painting. Mr and Mrs T. B. Ward, of Kaiapoi, are revisiting the Old Country after an absence of thirty yonrs. They arrived by the Athenic last month, and have visited Leamington, Pent, and Cornwall. They will take trips through the North of England and Scotland, and will return to New Zealand about the middle of October. Mrs 3. S. Cotterell, of Shaftes: bury, Te Aro.ha, has come over on a twelve months' visit. She is just now staying with her father, Mr ! John Hastie, of Notting Hill. Later on she will visit her relatives in Scotland, and her husband's relatives in the South and West of England. My J. BartOP, of Ptmedin, C-jnie by the Marmora an far as Marseilles, and. then, spent a montli on the Continent, He -rjasitea the principal cities,- -and: spent some time at Carrara among the quarries and stndios / there, arriving in this city at the end of June to renew acquaintance with England after an absence of thirty-five years. He will spend about two months in the United Kingdom, visiting Scotland and Ireland^ and leaving fpr the Dominion by the Vancouver route. Mr and Mrs William Brown, of Lyttelton, and their son, arrived at Naples by the Orontes on April 23rd, and visited Borne, Florence, Venice, Lncorne, and Lausanne. At the lagt samed. pjacp Mr. Bromi's soil was successfully operated on- tot goitre by .Dfc Bauac, a specialist, and 1 ho is now 'in 'th'o best of health. Mr Brown intends to visit his birthplace at Sundorland, and also to tour in Scotland and Ireland, leaving for New Zealand on October 15th.

A young man out, crsst had a co}d on his chest, But Woods' Peperment Sure he derided And he lot that cold rip till life gave him tho slip, For bronchitis and death coincided. Tne moral is ole'nr, if you Wish to stay here, Don't neglect' your breath-box when it's wheezy ; ■ And be warned while you've strength,, kegp a cold at Rrm's length, Woods' P-pppermrnt Guro djjgs it easy !?