PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13236, 23 July 1906, Page 3

PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LONDON.

(FROM ■ OCR OWK ■ COSHESrOSDJCKT.]

:' _ • London*, June 15. Mr',' WittJAM Wake (Auckland) was a passenger from the Argentine by the 5.5. Gothic'.' tie has been visiting his two eons, who ar? living in South America.

Mr. and Mrs. F. A Ford (Gisbornel. who have lately arrived and who have- been .sightseeing in and; about London, intend going North at an early date. • |

Mr. \V. Reynold?. (Waikato. Auckland) reached London oh Saturday by the P. and 0 steamer Himalaya. - H«" is making .hi* headquarters in London for .the present.

Miss Buxton (Auckland} accompanied hot sister, Mrs. Fox, to London by the Atbenic. She intends ic remain here for a year or tR-oy and in that period will travel about as much is possible.

Mr, Dan. Reese has so far been vert. unlucky, I am sorry to say, in his batting for his adopted county, Essex. His "duck" in the first match was followed by a pair of twos in the second.

Mr. W. J. Napier was entertained on the 9th inst. by the Duchess of Bedford at her country residence. He is now staying with the Earl: and Count©:.-- of Onslow" at their beautiful Surrey home, Clandon Park.

According to a London paper, a marriage has been arranged between Miss Marjone Giblin, youngest daughter of Mr. J," S. Giblin, of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, and Mr. Wallace D. McDougall, A.M.I.M.K.

It is announced that Mr. R. ,T. Farquh'aVeon, the New Zealand trainer, who has recently arrived in ; England, has taken the Manor House, Ogtournn. for training purposes. His hordes will *fe trained on the same downs as those of Major Edwnrdes.

Mr. Thomas H. Garland (Auckland) was a passenger by the s.j. Orontes as far as Marseilles.: He has mapped out an extensive cycling tour, and ho intends bicycling through the Midland* to Liverpool prior to taking a trip over to Ireland, with Belfast as the objective.

Among the passengers by the last trip or the s.s. Gothic was Miss Lily Aulsebrcok (Auckland), who hat come to London to continue her studies as a- vocalist. It is understood that she will: go in foi f course of instruction under the direction of Signer Alberto Randegger. \ ':'

It is considerably over a year since Mrs. Johnston (Auckland) left the colony, but she has only just reached Ens-land. She stayed for a year in Johannesburg with relatives, and was there joined by her daughter, Miss Johnston,' who had only reached Johannesburg from Europe ojew weeks before mother and daughter started together for England.

The Rev. E. P. Blamires (Rotorua, late of Clmstchurch) called to see me this week. He had as travelling companion across Canada Mr. Caughey. of Auckland, with whom were t:he two Messrs. Caughey, jun. Mr. Blamires and Mr. Caughey are 'respectively ministerial and' lay delegate for New Zealand to-the Irish Methodis: Conference at Belfast this month, and to the British Wesleyan Conference at Nottingham next month. Mr.' Blamires'intends to s£end six months in this country, during which time he will lecture-on the Wonderland of New Zealand. ■ -

Callers this week at the London Office-.of the New Zealand Government have included the'. following:— William - ,H. Mercer (Auckland), Mr. George Tutfc (Auckland), Mrs. Johnston (Auckland), Mr. J. W. Brodie (Auckland), Mr.- and Mrs. F. A. Ford (Gisborne), the Rev. E. P. Blamires (Rotorua), Mr. Roger C. Dotten, Mr. P. H. Simile (Auckland), (Mr. A. D. Lubecki (Auckland), Mr. T. H. Garland (Auckland), Miss H. F. Gibson. Mr. W. Ware (Auckland). Mr. and Mrs. J. ;Solby, (Auckland), Mr. H. Cripps (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs. C. A. do La tour (Gisborne)", Mi. -and Mrs. W. Butler (Kaipara). '

Mr. - George Fowldv M.H.R., arrived.- in London from Scotland the. night before last, and leaves . to-day .for Liverpool, where ho will embark in the White Star liner Cedric for New "York, 'subsequently joining the mail steamer at San Francisco. .<-•" Oh, yes/', :ho said, in reply to ray inquiry, "I"left my father in excellent health and spirits. When I bade him farewell I said to him, ' Well, father,- and when am I to come over again and see you?' 'Perhaps you had better make it when I reach the second hundred,' he replied, smiling. 'But I'm afraid' I sha'n't be much up to. the journey; by that, time,' .1 answered, and; so we agreed that he was to hold on for-another five years at any rate, and then I would com* Hi-jie and help him to celebrate his 105 th birthday!"

Commanded by Captain Russell Jnggard, the s.s. Ruapehu started from London yesterday for New Zealand. The medical officer on board is Dr. Colin King. , L.R.0.P., M.R.C.S. The Ruapehu will sail from Plymouth to-morrow. Them are not many passengers in the saloon, who, according to the official list, are the following: Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Francis and Miss Francis, Mrs. Gardner, -Mrs. Houston, Messrs. Houston . (2), Miss E. Houston and Master Houston, Mrs. E. Macindoc and Misses Macindoe (2), Mrs. Mark, Mrs. Sutherland. Mr. F. H. Treseder, Mrs.'-. T/eseder, . the Misses Wells (2), Miss Rosrerson, Miss'M.E. Guild, Messrs. J. S. Ashmowv C. H. Bolt. C. W. Greg?. W. Guild, J. Roots. C. S. Rowe, F. C. Wilkinson. Inrthe third class there are over 180 passengers. . . ■;■ i

Mr. William H. Mercer and Mr. George Tutt left Auckland in February for a tour round the world. They have been to Sydney. Queensland ports, Thursday Island, Port Darwin, Timor, Philippine Islands, China, Japan, Canada, and finally sailed from Quebec for Liverpool, wher» they landed a fortnight ago. and have since come up to London. Mr. Mercer is arranging for a quartette* of Auckland bowlers to play members of the English Bowling Association on the different greens. The four players from the colony will he Mr. Mercer himself, Mr. Tutt, Mr. Fletcher (who is at present in London), and Mr. Lyons, who is expected to reach London this month. The Aucklanders consider themselves a strong combination, and are hoping to give a good account of themselves.

-, To-day, by the Orient liner Orotava, Mr. Frank Heaton, M.A., B.Sc, the newly-ap-pointed . science master for the Auckland Grammar School, took his. departure from London, outward bound for the colony, via Suez and Australia, in order to enter upon his new duties. Immediately before sailing Mr. Heaton was senior science master at the ' Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester, to which important position he was appointed in September, 1902. # Mr. Heaton received his education at Keighley Grammar School, and at ,Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He secured .high .honours at thfe.University, being senior science scholar, exhibitioner and 7 prizeman of Emmanuel College, and he obtained firstclass honours in the natural sciences tripo= at .Cambridge. Mr. Heaton has graduated as B.A. and B.Sc, with honours in physics, at London University, and in 1904 he proceeded to his M.A. degree.

- Th« Paris Figaro; is very complimentary to the three New Zealand singers who contributed to. the last concert given by their instructress, Madame Marchesi, the 'famous Parisian teacher of .singing. It says that the concert was " tres brillant sucees pam Mdlles. Sybil and Dorothy Tancredi et Mine. Brooke," and - th&\ "elfes on fait la plus grand honnuer par leurs belles voix et Teur excellence .method*, a teur eminent profesK>ur." This is high praise indeed for the Misses Hawkins and Mrs. Brooke. A London paper noticing the concert, makes the intercstivig discovery that " Misses' Sybil and .Dorothy Tancredi are partly New Zealanders and partly of Italian extraction." This will be interesting news to the young ladies and their family. I need hardly say that the Misses Hawkins have simply Italianised for stage purposes their mother's maiden name " Tancred"—one well known and much honoured in New Zealand.