PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12878, 29 May 1905, Page 3

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

[FIIOM out! own COEKKS2ONBEXT.] . ." London-, April 20. . r hear, that M. P. Eudea.ii (Auckland)' was among the medical stud'tits at Guy's Hospital who successfully passed his pre- . liminary scientific examination. Mrs. A. McKellar Wix (Wellington), accompanied by her daughters, has arrived im London after a pleasant Homeward passage iu the steamer lonic. If is officially announced in the Gazette that. Miss E. M. Fairchild, of New Zealand, is continued in he;, appointment in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, as her period of provisional service has; now expired. r 'the death is announced this morning of: Mr. Charles Hubert. Wharton, late of Wellington. New Zealand, who passed away last Monday at Kyieni.i, Babba combe,\Tor- '■' quay, South Devon. Mr. Wharton was iu his 76th year. 'the death has just been announced of the Rev. .lames Russell Madan, M.A., Oxon, lie was at one time, a, missionary in New Zealand. Mr. Madan passed away on the 12lh inst at Si. .Joseph's Missionary College at Mill Hill. At the, annual meeting of the Institution] of Civil Engineers, held on Tuesday evening, Mr. 0. Napier Hell, of Wellington, New. : Zealand, was elected a member of the council of the. institution. As the result of the ballot. Sir Alexander liinnie was elected! ; lor t lie olliee of president. Mr. Henderson, of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, has now taken up his position as London leprcseutativq of the Chrisichuivh Meal Company. It iV under--stood thai Mr. Pot linger, wli > for some time past has held' the. latter position, will return to New Zealand ill the, course of a, few months. Since the departure of the Sam Francisco mail, live days ago. I lie following New Zea-' landers have called at the Agency-General:];; —Mr. ft. Seymour Fannin, of Napier, who has been away from the colony for a number of years, ami who is still residing alt St. A Minns; the .Misses (Irilfiths (Auckland); Mr-. A. McKellar Wix and the, Misses Wix (Wellington). II is remarked that, although the Amateur A tide tic Association sanctioned Alfred) Sin nidi's visit to Australia and New Zealand, under the auspice* of the New Zealand Athletic Association, and at that) association's expense, the governing body ia evidently determined to draw the line somewheie. for. at the special meeting held last Saturday, the applications of the South African Association, for permission for Shiubb to break his -journey at the Capa on his way hail; to England, and to compete at the Wanderers Club (Johannesburg) Whit Monday meeting, and for the English 100 yds' champion, ,1. AY. Morton, to go out and' take part in (ho same sports at the expense of the South .African Association, or Wanderers Club, were refused. . , Mr. David J. Nathan (Wellington) lunch-, ed the oilier day, by special invitation, with. Mr. Chamberlain, ami had a. conversation of nearly two and a-half hours' duration! with the apostle, of iiscj.l reform. Mr. : Nathan is well known to be among the mostprominent and earnest, advocate's in New : Zealand of that policy, am! he was naturally anxious to induce Mr. Chamberlain to send a, message to his New Zealand supporters. This, however, Mr. Chamberlain could not be prevailed upon to do. Apparently, he considered that such a eourse might; be indiscreet, and might, perhaps, operate otherwise than was intended. Ho is still convinced, that:- sooner or later the wisdom of Die policy which he advocates will commend itself to Cue public approval, both in the Mother Country and in the colonies. Mr. Nathan Ins * also, been in frequent and active communication with the London Cham'ber of Commerce and other public bodies in relation to various colonial matters of business. But, the time is not yet ripe for disclosing either what took place or the results. Mr. Nathan will probably leave England in the coune of a month or two, on his return to Now Zealand, but Mrs. Nathan will most likely remain until November next.