PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11712, 23 July 1901, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.

[FROM ottk OWN" correspondent.] London, June 14. The birth is announced of a son to Lady Dorothy ; Gathorne-Hardy, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Glasgow. • At the last meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, Mr. ■: S. Vaughan Morgan in the chair, Mr. James Russell ; was duly elected a Fellow of the Institute. I hear that Mr. Hyama has just executed a valuable commission, .in the shape of a gold ; statue of the late Queen Victoria, for presentation to the Hurst Park Club. Mr. W. G. Whitaker, of Auckland, who I is how at Quay-street, Sligo writes to the Irish papers saying that Mr. Chamberlain might well take a lesson from New Zealand in the matter of old age pensions. "r Mr. Herbert Thompson, of Auckland, ar- | rived in London about 10 days ago, having j travelled by way of America. He tells me his present intention is to remain in London for some little time. His address is 91, Victoria-street. ■ Mr. J. B. Gilfillan;' of Auckland; who has recently returned from a visit to the United States, came back to England by I the last trip of the White Star liner Teutonic. , Mr. and Mrs. Gilfillan intend to leave on their return t6 New Zealand by the s.s. Whakatane oh Thursday next. At St. Michael's Church' Bournemouth, Mr. Herbert Crawford Izard, fourth son of Mr. Charles Beard Izard; : barrister, of Wellington, New Zealand, was -married to Miss Mildred 'Amy Francis, youngest daughter of ■ Mr. William i Francis, late of Wolverhampton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Percy Izard, "uncle of the bridegroom.

1"'," One of the most interesting figures in the group of colonists assembled at Auckland to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York would be Colonel Gudgeon," says : - to-night's Westminster • Gazette, "an old enemy ;as i well as an old friend of the Maoris. Colonel Gudgeon won fame by his daring exploits during the Maori rebel' «cri of the sixties. ' In later years he has been our Resident at Rarotonga."

: Sir John Hall and a number of prominent New Zealanders will be present, I hear, at an important conference organised by the National S'heepbreeders' Association, ; to be held at Cardiff during the Royal show next week. British : and colonial "sheepbreeders will take part in this conference, which will relate to the regulations of controlling the export of pedigree sheep; it is desired to have the transfer of pedigree" animals from the various societies in this country to the relative ones' in New Zealand made without undue formality, and yet under rigid rules. Mrs. W. Manson—who sings as "Miss Mabel Manson"— had a long list of engagements for the current ' month,; including one at the festival dinner for the Home of Rest for Horses, at which the Duke and Duchess of Portland presided, in the- Hotel Cecil; other dinners of s ; the : Mercers, Painters, and Leathersellers Companies; a grand concert at Stafford House, : under the auspices yof the Duke , and Duchess i of Sutherland ; a public dinner at the Midland Hotel, , and musical "At' Homes" at

Queen's Gate Place and Pembridge Gardens. Evidently Mrs. Manson has entered upon a successful career.

Recent callers at the Agency-General include: ; Mr. H. T. Gill I and Mr. S. Andrew, of Uhristchurch;■; Mrs. and Miss Alexander, of Wanganui; Mr. M. Ormsby, of Christchurch; Mr. W. Ambury, of New Plymouth j Mr. William ':, Heathcote; of Napier; Mr. VR. Hannah; of Wellington Mr. 1 C. V. Houghtonr and Mr. A. N. Houghton, of Auckland; Mr. Alfred 'Peters, of. Rangiora; Mr. P. W. Best, of Auckland; ! Mr. F. M. Dawson,"of ; Auckland;" Mr. F. Howard, of Hokitika; the Rev. H. E. Purchas, of Christchurch; Mr. Robert' M. Turnbull, of Otago; Mr. C. J. Allen, of Christchurch; Mr. F. H. Bond, of Hawera; Mr. Albert Truran, of Hokitika.

Mr. W. Curtis, of Wellington, has just : come back to London, after a five months' tour of much interest in the Mediterranean, visiting Naples, Constantinople, Cairo, Algeria, Tangiers, Palermo, the Greek Archipelago, Jerusalem, etc.; He went \ with 'a party of archaeologists in Dr. Lunn's expedition, and much enjoyed his rambles among the numerous interesting ruins in various places .where they stayed. Travelling from London, via France, Mr. Curtis was at Malta during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York at that place, and he said he had a "good time." To-morrow, / Mr. > Curtis leaves i for Scotland, -where he expects * to stay for two or three months, visiting relatives, and he will probably leave for, New' Zealand toward the end of the year. ;;-,One more New Zealand veteran of the old-time wars passed v away last a Sunday night at : - his residence in L Windsor Castle Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Tighe, who was one of the military knights of Windsor,' and who received the medal for the New Zealand wars of 1863-64-65, in which he served with distinction. ;■;*■-' One writer, referring to: the death of this veteran,'-,says;— death of Colonel; Tighe at Windsor Castle recalls the rough fighting that went on when the Maoris went into revolt in the Taranaki pro-

vince nearly 40 years ago. i ; Colonel Tighe was one of the young men who made names for themselves in ■ the guerilla warfare that went on among the totara forests under the shadows of Mount Egmont, and old Maorilanders who knew him will be sorry to hear of his death."

'j Sir Westby Perceval, of course, has been interviewed ;, on his . return, and catechised with reference to what he thought of New Zealand this time. He had not very much to say on the subject. j He expressed his opinion that the present Government's land policy had been attended with " most gratifying and most marvellous results^", and while. admitting that good seasons and fair prices have helped, and-that, had these not prevailed the whole policy might have been a failure,, still the fact remained that I the small '{ farmer f was ' the chief ■■ cause of New Zealand's prosperity. ; r Also, he observed : = "The lessons of thrift which were learned in the bad times have resulted in an economical habit of ,diving, and -, so/ speaking generally, the farming class, both big and little, have during;the last few years been extremely; successful."

* Three New Zealand singers will be the principal contributors to the music at the New Zealand dinner on Tuesday -next. The 'soprano will be Miss ,; Phoebe Parsons, of Wellington,' the contralto will be Mrs. Howie, who appears under her native name and • title '.{ as Princess ;Te ' Rangi Pai; and Mr. J. Kirkley Campbell will be the tenor. The following New Zealanders have already intimated their intention of being present: —Sir John Hall, Mr. Cathcart Wason, M.P.. Mr. J. Gould, Mr. J. Studholme, the Hon. A. J. Cadman, Dr. Frengeley, Mr. C. B. Morison, Mr. G. Goodsir, Mr. W. Weddel, Mr. Wolf Harris, Mr. H. R. Parkinson, Mr. W.H. Thomas, Mr. C. Spencer Booth, Mr. W. T. Holmes, Mr. W. Friedlander, Mr. "C.i. G. Tegetmeier, Mr. M. Andrews, Mr. E. Pearce, Mr. ; J. Beaumont, Mr. T. J. Brassey, Mr. L. Nathan, Mr, James Mills, Mr. J. E. Montgomerie, Mr. George Beetham, Mi'. C. H. Inglis, Mr. W. S. Robison, Mr. F. A. Anson, Mr. Richard Maxwell. Mr. George Logan, Mr. D. Ziman, Mr. C. Pharazyn. Mr. P. R. Sargood, Mr. R. Oliver, Mr. \ Gilbert Anderson, Mr. A. Boyle, Mr. Edward Newman, and others.

Miss Ella Allman Marchant writes to me that she is, enjoying Cambridge very much, and has received the utmost courtesy from the college authorities and other people in the famous university town. Naturally, she is :.-; taking particular interest in the ladies' colleges of Newham and.Girton. "I had the pleasure -.; of meeting ■ in London," Miss Marchant says, "Mrs. Fawcett, Miss Garrett, Miss Hurlbatt, Miss Bishop, Mrs. Bryant, vand some others of the; leading women in the educational world. ; From Cambridge I go on to Oxford, then to Stafford, Bath, Cheltenham, Devonshire, and the New Forest. I hope also to. go to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and York and Chester, and to spend a short time; in Ireland.; I 1-ave had a most delightful tour, being singularly fortunate in weather everywhere. Italy and France I very much enjoyed, old England is more beautiful than any of

them.- ■ I am more and more charmed the more I see of it. My time is getting very short,: as I sail on July 31 to New York, then I go to Canada, and by the railway to Mission Junction, and then by rail ' again to San Francisco, and by the mail boat ?to Auckland. I have to resume my school work in September."

A representative of a London paper has been interviewing the Hon. ;, A. J. Cadman and Mr. E. M. Smith at Westminster. .■■ He says ! they •' are "entrusted with an important mission by the New Zealand Government, namely, to endeavour to '{ introduce English capital to work the iron ores and ironsands of [ the colony. They have taken an office over the New Zealand Government Agency in Vic-toria-street, and have arranged quite a little exhibition of sands, , iron : ores, hematite, clay, and many other things connected with the iron industry, including; coal, coke, limestone, and, in ; fact, everything that is required for the manufacture of" iron in New j I Zealand.. Mr. Smith,", continues, the interviewer, " is an eminently practical man and when I called at the office yesterday I fount him in his shirt-sleeves and white apron while Mr. Cadman, who <has to look chiefly after the financial part of the business, wss busily engaged opening letters. They have already, commenced work in real earnest, and, just as I was leaving, a well-known company director arrived to; discuss matters with them. Messrs. Cadman > and Smith think that they can show to the people -here engaged in this line of business that iron can be produced in New Zealand at a cheaper rate than it can be manufactured in England . or imported from any other country in • the world, owing to the facilities they have for obtaining the raw material. They have not; the; slightest -' doubt . that "■:..; their mission will ■ be .successful. * Mr. Smith, it may be remembered, was' over here five years ago, when he did a lot by way of correspondence in making knawn the resources of the colony in this direction. He says that the very highest Authority has admitted i that both: New, Zealand and Australia ought. to have; been making their own. iron 20 years ago."