PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12601, 27 June 1904, Page 3

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

[from OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] London", May 20. Mr. and Mrs. George Bertram have been spending some time lately at Bournemouth, but, they have now returned to London for " the season. 1 , I hear that the Rev. W. Earee had in- , tended to travel by the steamer Turakina, [ but at the last moment was prevented. His t name appeared in the passenger list. I r J I Z'A a ? Mrs. E. D. Carter (Christchurch) , reached London by the last trip of the I* and O. steamer Oceana. They are stayine * tor the present at Woodford Green, in Essex. Mr. Lewis Lawson (Dunedin) arrived by , the «.!. lonic after a very agreeable passage. : He tells me that the object of his visit to the Mot her country is mainly pleasure and partly health. ' ' Mr. S. Hetherington (Thames), and his . three daughters, arrived in London this week J hey contemplate spending about a year travelling .through the Mother Country and on the Continent. Mr. A. P. M. Blakiston, who was con- , netted for such a number of years with the Canterbury Provincial Government, is now on a visit to the Mother Country after being away for over 30 years. " ° Mr. Robert Crawford, of the New Zealand Hardware Company, Dunedin, accompanied by Mrs. Crawford, was a passenger from Australia to Marseilles by the Orient liner Ortona, which experienced a fine trip in a perfectly calm sea. Mr. and Mrs. F. Stevens (Wellington), arrived in London on Monday in this week. They travelled by the s.s. lonic, and were greatly pleased with their experiences. They have settled down fox the present in the. Bloomsbury district. Mr. J. W. Bridge (Wellington) travelled to this country by the P. and O. steamer Mongolia, which brought so many passengers from the colony. Just at present he is making his headquarters at the Waverlev Hotel, Southampton Row. Mr. and Mrs. John Kerning (Auckland) i were passengers to London by the s.s. lonic. j They will travel about Scotland and Ireland. | subsequently returning to England to pay a J round of visits among friends" and relatives, j chiefly in Lancashire and Lincolnshire. Mr. W. Manson. whose name will be re- ; membered in Dunedin alike as that of an ac- ; complished musician and the husband of a very charming singer, has just- returned to England after an important business tour, which has lasted fifteen months, and has extended over a huge part of the habitable globe.

Mr. Julius W. Williamson, .son of Mr. Charles Williamson, of Lake Takapuna, ■reached Southampton on Tuesday, and is at present residing at Upper Bedford Place, Russell Square. He is travelling mainly for the benefit of his health, and I am glad to hear he has derived much good from The sea voyage. Mrs. Manson—better known in the London musical world as "Miss Mabel Manson "continues to have as many engagements as she can undertake. She has just been singing at a grand concert given by the Duchess of Sutherland, and also at the opening of a new public ball in Bridlington, a favourite Yorkshire seaside place. Mr. Howard Lawry (Auckland), was another of the numerous New Zealand passengers by the s.s. lonic. He made a very brief stay in London, and started yesterday for Edinburgh, where he will enter upon a course of study in medicine at the famous University of the Scottish capital. I understand that he will probably remain about seven years in the Mother Country. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Triggs (Christchurch) and Miss Triggs are still'touring on the Continent. 1 heard of them last at Territet, in Switzerland, where they had arrived after visiting Venice, Milan. Como, Lugano, Lake Maggiore, etc. To make a variety in their travelling method they decided to* cross the Simplon by diligence, and they seem to have had rather a rough experience. Mr. E. Fondi Wright is at present in Texas, applying his special scientific theories to the growth of cotton on improved principles. He has had about 15 acres of cotton planted en his system, and from the character of the growth up to the present time he is sanguine that most favourable results may be looked for in July and August. He is also. instituting other experiments on similar lines. Mr. Joseph Evans (Awanui), who left his ■home on March 19, travelled to England by the s.s. Tonic. Mr. Evans lias come to England mainly on business in connection with the kauri gum trade. He is visiting the $;um sales in London to judge the position for himself. Next week he will leave the metrotiolis for Staffordshire, to stay with some old friends, and then he will take a run over to America. Mr. R. Thompson (Whangarei), who came from Australia by the last trip of the P. and 0. steamer Mongolia, is at present staying at the Waverley Hotel, Southampton Row, which seems now to be a favourite residence for visiting New Zealanders. He intends to stay in Europe until the middle of October, then to go to Port Said, putting in some time in Palestine and Egypt, and winding tip with a month on the Nile. Miss Eva Randle, M.A. (Dunedin), was among the New Zealand passengers who arrived by the P. and 0. steamer Mongolia this week. So far, she has been staying in Port-man Square with her mother, who has been resident for some years in Wales. arid who came up to town to meet her daughter. Mrs. and Miss Randle will remain in London for another week, and will then go to Haverford West, Wales.

I hear that Mr. T. G. Brown (Auckland), I of the firm of Messrs. Brown and Stewart, I wholesale stationers, has gone on to Scot- • land. Mr. Brown landed at Plymouth, and i spent onlv a few days in London before going north. He is making a brief visit to relai fives in Scotland, and expects to be back I in London in the course of a week or so. I ! understand that Mr. Brown has undertaken j the trip to England mainly for business I purposes. Mr. B. Price (Wellington) was another ! passenger from Saw Zealand, via Australia, | by the recent trip of the P. and O. .steamer • Mongolia. His stay in this country will not j be a long one, and he has come purely for a ; business visit. He will make a tour through ; the English provinces, particularly through i the manufacturing centres, with the idea of j picking up anything; that may prove useful i to him in the colony. Next month Mr. J Price leaves England foi a somewhat hurried ; trip to America. Mr. Harry Brougham Smith, of the firm of Messrs. Smith and Smith. Limited, of Dunedin, Wellington, and Christchurch, came Home by the last trip of the P. and 0. j steamer Mongolia, landing at Marseilles and ; coming on overland through France. He has come on a visit of business and pleasure combined, or, as he himself puts it, he has come Home on business with which he intends to mingle as much pleasure as he can | include. He expects to make a stay of fully I two years on this side of the world. ! Mr. John Lawson (Auckland), formerly ' Chief Commissioner of Railways for the j North Island of New Zealand, and subseI fluently official assignee for the northern disi trict, has come Home this spring after many ! years' absence. He is accompanied by las daughter. They seem to have greatly enjoyed their voyage in the s.s. lonic, and although as yet they have been only a few days in Loudon they are full of enthusiasm tor the interest, jf all they have seen, particularly in the historic and antiquarian side of the" venerable city. Definite shape lias now been taken by tin 1 arrangements for the reception anil welcome to Hie Hon. W. Hall-Jones at his Kentish sen- ,, side birthplace,, Folkestone.. There will be v

grand public reception ami presentation, by the Mayor of an illuminated address, a luncheon at the Grand Mansions Hotel, and finally a banquet in the evening at the Royal Pavilion Hotel. The movement has been taken up with great zest and enthusiasm by the people of Folkestone, and the affair is certain to prove a great success. Tuesday next, the 24th hist., has been chosen as the occasion, on account of its being the birthday of the late Queen-Empress, and the date colonially-known as "Empire Day."

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamship Turakina, commanded by Captain Forbes, was to leave London to-day on her outward voyage to New Zealand via the Cape. She will sail from Plymouth to-mor-row. According to the official list, the Turakina is taking the following saloon passengers: W. E. Cattley, Mr. W. H. He Darby, Mr. ,7. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. F. Black and the Misses Black (two), Mr. William Davies, Mrs. Davies, and Mrs. F. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. W. Jaques and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilson and Miss T. Wilson, Mr. J. H. Wilson, Masters Wilson (six), and Miss A. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. U. Wilson, and Mr. J. B. Wilson, Mrs. M. Astley, Mrs. S. Chamberlain, Miss I. Higginson, Dr. C. Theimer, Mr. J. 0. Butler, Mr. R. G. Craig, Mr H. Crowhen, Mr. T. Derrick, inn., Mr. J. H. Edington, Mr. F. W. Fordyce, Mr. D. Frant. Mr A. C. Hills, Mr. C. Lowe, Mr. A. Peter, Monsieur A. Ohoqueel. In the third-class the Turakina earlies about 70 passengers. Dr. 0. Lyon is the surgeon on board.

Large numbers of visiting New Zealanders are now arriving in London, some of whom have put their names in the visitorial ledger at the New Zealand Agency-General. These include: Mr. R. Crawford (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cameron (Wellington), Mr. R. Thompson (Whangarei), Mr. John Rose (Gisbome), Captain H. T. Fulton (Dunedin and India), Mr. and Mrs. F. Stevens (Wellington). Mr. A. F. W. Blakiston (Auckland). Mr. John Lawson and Miss Lawsou (Auckland), Mr. John Fleming (Auckland), Mr. Percy G. Heywood, Dr. Alexander Douglas (Oamuru), and Mrs. Douglas, Mr. Peter Ridland (Wellington), Miss 11. Jeffrey (Wellington), Mr. J. T. Uarr and family (formerly of Napier). Mr. W. Broughton, Mr. J. W. Bridge (Wellington), Mr. J. W. McCarthy (Wairarapa), Mr. Lewis Lawson (Dunedin), Mr. and Mrs. 11. A. Can* (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. A. Ha trick (Wanganui), Mr. Hope Gibbons (Wanganui), Mr. Herbert Gibbons (Palme.rston North), Mr. J. Evans (Awanui), Miss M. T. Brown (Christchurch), Mr. A. F. Cornei (Hokitika), Mr. H. Pentland Norton (Auckland), Mr. M. F. Reece (Christchurch). Mr. Julius W. Williamson (Auckland). Miss Ethel Newland Fletcher (.Christchurch).